Chinese Character 殇 Meanings and components.

Form

殇

Meaning

殇 meaning[3] in English

To Die In Childhood.

War Dead.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 殇 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , (3) , and do not (勿)

Its radical[1] is: 歹 (dai3) which means: Bad, Wicked, Evil, Kangxi Radical 78, .歹dai3bad

In cangjie it is written with MNONH

How to write 殇

To write殇shang1to die … you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 33 勿wu4do not arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 3 + 勿 = 殇

殇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殇
Pinyin:shang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Die In Childhood . War Dead
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
3
Pinyin:3
勿
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Do Not

Notes

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

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

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