Chinese Character 歎 Meanings and components.

Form

歎

Meaning

歎 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 嘆|叹[Tan4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are clay (堇) , 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 TONO

How to write 歎

To write歎tan4variant of … you should write a combination of 堇jin3clay , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

堇 + 欠 = 歎

歎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

歎
Pinyin:tan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 嘆|叹[Tan4]
堇
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Clay . Old Variant Of 僅|仅[Jin3] . Violet (Plant)
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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