Chinese Character 染 Meanings and components.

Form

染

Meaning

染 meaning[3] in English

To Dye.

To Catch (A Disease).

To Acquire (Bad Habits Etc).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with END

How to write 染

To write染ran3to dye you should write a combination of 氿gui3mountain spring , 木mu4surname Mu arranged in a 吕 shape:

氿 + 木 = 染

染 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

染
Pinyin:ran3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Dye . To Catch (A Disease) . To Acquire (Bad Habits Etc) . To Contaminate . To Add Color Washes To A Painting
氿
Pinyin:gui3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mountain Spring
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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