Chinese Character 懺 Meanings and components.

Form

懺

Meaning

懺 meaning[3] in English

Feel Remorse.

Regret.

Repent.

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Main Components

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

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 POIM

How to write 懺

To write懺chan4feel remorse you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 韱xian1wild onions … arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 韱 = 懺

懺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

懺
Pinyin:chan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Feel Remorse . Regret . Repent
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
韱
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Wild Onions Or Leeks
㦰
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
韭
Pinyin:jiu3
Meaning[3]: Leek

Notes

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

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

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