Chinese Character 殷 Meanings and components.

Form

殷

Meaning

殷 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yin.

Dynasty Name At The End The Shang Dynasty, After Their Move To Yinxu 殷墟 In Modern Henan Province.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 殷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are component in Chinese … (㐆) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 殳 (shu1) which means: Surname Shu, .殳shu1surname Shu

In cangjie it is written with HSHNE

How to write 殷

To write殷yin1surname Yin you should write a combination of 㐆yin3component in … , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

㐆 + 殳 = 殷

殷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殷
Pinyin:yin1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yin . Dynasty Name At The End The Shang Dynasty, After Their Move To Yinxu 殷墟 In Modern Henan Province
㐆
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Character 殷[Yin1]
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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