Chinese Character 晨 Meanings and components.

Form

晨

Meaning

晨 meaning[3] in English

Morning.

Dawn.

Daybreak.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 晨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and 5th earthly branch: … (辰)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AMMV

How to write 晨

To write晨chen2morning you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 辰chen25th earthly … arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 辰 = 晨

晨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

晨
Pinyin:chen2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Morning . Dawn . Daybreak
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
辰
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: 5th Earthly Branch: 7-9 A.M., 3rd Solar Month (5th April-4th May), Year Of The Dragon . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 120°

Notes

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

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

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