Chinese Character 扞 Meanings and components.

Form

扞

Meaning

扞 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 捍[Han4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QMJ

How to write 扞

To write扞gan3variant of … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 干 = 扞

扞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扞
Pinyin:gan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 捍[Han4]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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