Chinese Character 敢 Meanings and components.

Form

敢

Meaning

敢 meaning[3] in English

To Dare.

Daring.

(Polite) May I Venture.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 敢 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 乙[zhe2] (乛) , ear (耳) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with NJOK

How to write 敢

To write敢gan3to dare you should write a combination of 乛ya5variant of … 耳er3ear , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

乛 + 耳 + 攵 = 敢

敢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

敢
Pinyin:gan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Dare . Daring . (Polite) May I Venture
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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