Chinese Character 殡 Meanings and components.

Form

殡

Meaning

殡 meaning[3] in English

A Funeral.

To Encoffin A Corpse.

To Carry To Burial.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MNJOC

How to write 殡

To write殡bin4a funeral you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 宾bin1visitor arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 宾 = 殡

殡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殡
Pinyin:bin4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Funeral . To Encoffin A Corpse . To Carry To Burial
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
宾
Pinyin:bin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Visitor . Guest . Object (In Grammar)
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
兵
Pinyin:bing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Soldiers . A Force . An Army . Weapons . Arms . Military . Warlike . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
丘
Pinyin:qiu1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Qiu
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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