Chinese Character 檮 Meanings and components.

Form

檮

Meaning

檮 meaning[3] in English

Dunce.

Blockhead.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DGNI

How to write 檮

To write檮tao2dunce you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 壽shou4surname Shou arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 壽 = 檮

檮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

檮
Pinyin:tao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dunce . Blockhead
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
壽
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shou
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
乙
Pinyin:yi3
Meaning[3]: Second Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Second In Order . Letter 'B' Or Roman 'Ii' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Second Party (In Legal Contract, Usually 乙方[Yi3 Fang1], As Opposed To 甲方[Jia3 Fang1]) . Ethyl . Bent . Winding . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 5) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 105°
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor
吋
Pinyin:cun4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Inch (English)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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