Chinese Character 揽 Meanings and components.

Form

揽

Meaning

揽 meaning[3] in English

To Monopolize.

To Seize.

To Take Into One's Arms.

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Main Components

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

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 QLIU

How to write 揽

To write揽lan3to monopolize you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 览lan3to look … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 览 = 揽

揽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揽
Pinyin:lan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Monopolize . To Seize . To Take Into One'S Arms . To Embrace . To Fasten (With A Rope Etc) . To Take On (Responsibility Etc) . To Canvass
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
览
Pinyin:lan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Look At . To View . To Read
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
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]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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