Chinese Character 掀 Meanings and components.

Form

掀

Meaning

掀 meaning[3] in English

To Lift (A Lid).

To Rock.

To Convulse.

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Main Components

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

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 QHLO

How to write 掀

To write掀xian1to lift … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 欣xin1happy arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 欣 = 掀

掀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掀
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lift (A Lid) . To Rock . To Convulse
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
欣
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Happy
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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