Chinese Character 攔 Meanings and components.

Form

攔

Meaning

攔 meaning[3] in English

To Block Sb's Path.

To Obstruct.

To Flag Down (A Taxi).

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Main Components

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

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 QANW

How to write 攔

To write攔lan2to block … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 闌lan2railing arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 闌 = 攔

攔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

攔
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Block Sb'S Path . To Obstruct . To Flag Down (A Taxi)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
闌
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Railing . Balustrade . Door-Screen . Exhausted . Late
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
柬
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 柬埔寨[Jian3 Pu3 Zhai4], Cambodia

Notes

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

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

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