Chinese Character 殞 Meanings and components.

Form

殞

Meaning

殞 meaning[3] in English

To Perish.

To Die.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MNRBC

How to write 殞

To write殞yun3to perish you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 員yuan2person arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 員 = 殞

殞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殞
Pinyin:yun3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Perish . To Die
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
員
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Person . Employee . Member
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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