Chinese Character 殤 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

殤 meaning[3] in English

To Die In Childhood.

War Dead.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , (𠂉) , dawn (旦) , and do not (勿)

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

In cangjie it is written with MNOAH

How to write 殤

To writeshang1to die … you should write a combination of dai3bad , 𠂉𠂉5 dan4dawn wu4do not arranged in a shape:

+ 𠂉 + + =

殤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:shang1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Die In Childhood . War Dead

Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78

Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]

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

𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

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

Pinyin:dan4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)

Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

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

Pinyin:wu4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Do Not

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 殤in English or Chinese