Chinese Character 欣 Meanings and components.

Form

欣

Meaning

欣 meaning[3] in English

Happy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 欣 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are catty (斤) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 欠 (qian4) which means: Deficient, To Owe, To Lack, Yawn, .欠qian4deficient

In cangjie it is written with HLNO

How to write 欣

To write欣xin1happy you should write a combination of 斤jin1catty , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

斤 + 欠 = 欣

欣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

欣
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Happy
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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