Chinese Character 断 Meanings and components.

Form

断

Meaning

断 meaning[3] in English

To Break.

To Snap.

To Cut Off.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 断 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are component in Chinese … (乚) , surname Mi (米) , (*) , and catty (斤)

Its radical[1] is: 斤 (jin1) which means: Catty, (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G, (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G, (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G, .斤jin1catty

In cangjie it is written with VDHML

How to write 断

To write断duan4to break you should write a combination of 乚yin3component in … 米mi3surname Mi ** , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 吅 shape:

乚 + 米 + * + 斤 = 断

断 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

断
Pinyin:duan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Break . To Snap . To Cut Off . To Give Up Or Abstain From Sth . To Judge . (Usu. Used In The Negative) Absolutely . Definitely . Decidedly
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
*
Pinyin:*
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

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 断in English or Chinese