Chinese Character 板 Meanings and components.

Form

板

Meaning

板 meaning[3] in English

Board.

Plank.

Plate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 板 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and contrary (反)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DHE

How to write 板

To write板ban3board you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 反fan3contrary arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 反 = 板

板 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

板
Pinyin:ban3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Board . Plank . Plate . Shutter . Table Tennis Bat . Clappers (Music) . Cl:塊|块[Kuai4] . Accented Beat In Chinese Music . Hard . Stiff . To Stop Smiling Or Look Serious
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
反
Pinyin:fan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Contrary . In Reverse . Inside Out Or Upside Down . To Reverse . To Return . To Oppose . Opposite . Against . Anti- . To Rebel . To Use Analogy . Instead . Abbr. For 反切[Fan3 Qie4] Phonetic System
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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