Chinese Character 棺 Meanings and components.

Form

棺

Meaning

棺 meaning[3] in English

Coffin.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DJRR

How to write 棺

To write棺guan1coffin you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 官guan1surname Guan arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 官 = 棺

棺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

棺
Pinyin:guan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Coffin
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
官
Pinyin:guan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guan
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
㠯
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 以[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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