Chinese Character 斂 Meanings and components.

Form

斂

Meaning

斂 meaning[3] in English

To Hold Back.

To Restrain.

To Control (Oneself).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 斂 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are all (僉) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with OOOK

How to write 斂

To write斂lian3to hold … you should write a combination of 僉qian1all , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

僉 + 攵 = 斂

斂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

斂
Pinyin:lian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold Back . To Restrain . To Control (Oneself) . To Collect . Taiwan Pr. [Lian4]
僉
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: All
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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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