Chinese Character 扃 Meanings and components.

Form

扃

Meaning

扃 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) To Shut Or Bolt A Door.

Door.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扃 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are a household (戶) , and archaic variant of … (冋)

Its radical[1] is: 戶 (hu4) which means: A Household, Door, Family, .戶hu4a household

In cangjie it is written with ISBR

How to write 扃

To write扃jiong1(literary) to … you should write a combination of 戶hu4a household , 冋jiong1archaic variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

戶 + 冋 = 扃

扃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扃
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Shut Or Bolt A Door . Door
戶
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

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

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

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