Chinese Character 挽 Meanings and components.

Form

挽

Meaning

挽 meaning^[3] in English

To Pull.

To Draw (A Cart Or A Bow).

To Roll Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 挽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to excuse sb (免)

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 QNAU

How to write 挽

To write挽wan3to pull you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 免mian3to excuse … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 免 = 挽

挽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挽

Pinyin:wan3 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: To Pull . To Draw (A Cart Or A Bow) . To Roll Up . To Coil . To Carry On The Arm . To Lament The Dead . (Fig.) To Pull Against . To Recover

扌

Pinyin:shou5

Meaning^[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc

免

Pinyin:mian3 Shape:一

Meaning^[3]: To Excuse Sb . To Exempt . To Remove Or Dismiss From Office . To Avoid . To Avert . To Escape . To Be Prohibited

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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