Chinese Character 檐 Meanings and components.

Form

檐

Meaning

檐 meaning[3] in English

Eaves.

Ledge Or Brim.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DNCR

How to write 檐

To write檐yan2eaves you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 詹zhan1surname Zhan arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 詹 = 檐

檐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

檐
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Eaves . Ledge Or Brim
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
詹
Pinyin:zhan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhan
厃
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吕
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk

Notes

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

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

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