Chinese Character 枕 Meanings and components.

Form

枕

Meaning

枕 meaning[3] in English

Pillow.

To Pillow.

To Rest One's Head On (Taiwan Pr. [Zhen4] For This Sense).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 枕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and to go forward (冘)

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

In cangjie it is written with DLBU

How to write 枕

To write枕zhen3pillow you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 冘yin2to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 冘 = 枕

枕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

枕
Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pillow . To Pillow . To Rest One'S Head On (Taiwan Pr. [Zhen4] For This Sense)
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
冘
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Forward . To Advance
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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