Chinese Character 楣 Meanings and components.

Form

楣

Meaning

楣 meaning[3] in English

Lintel.

Crossbeam.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DAHU

How to write 楣

To write楣mei2lintel you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 眉mei2eyebrow arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 眉 = 楣

楣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

楣
Pinyin:mei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lintel . Crossbeam
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
眉
Pinyin:mei2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Eyebrow . Upper Margin
𠃜
Pinyin:𠃜5 Shape:+
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

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

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

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