Chinese Character 殉 Meanings and components.

Form

殉

Meaning

殉 meaning[3] in English

To Be Buried With The Dead.

To Die For A Cause.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 殉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , and ten days (旬)

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

In cangjie it is written with MNPA

How to write 殉

To write殉xun4to be … you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 旬xun2ten days arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 旬 = 殉

殉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殉
Pinyin:xun4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Be Buried With The Dead . To Die For A Cause
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
旬
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ten Days . Ten Years . Full Period
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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