Chinese Character 慳 Meanings and components.

Form

慳

Meaning

慳 meaning[3] in English

Stingy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 慳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and strong (堅)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PSEG

How to write 慳

To write慳qian1stingy you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 堅jian1strong arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 堅 = 慳

慳 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 慳 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 慳, looks as follow:

慳
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Stingy
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
堅
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Strong . Solid . Firm . Unyielding . Resolute
臤
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吅
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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