Chinese Character 永 Meanings and components.

Form

永

Meaning

永 meaning^[3] in English

Forever.

Always.

Perpetual.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 永 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shui (水) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical^[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with INE

How to write 永

To write永yong3forever you should write a combination of 水shui3surname Shui , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a + shape:

水 + 丶 = 永

永 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

永

Pinyin:yong3 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: Forever . Always . Perpetual

水

Pinyin:shui3

Meaning^[3]: Surname Shui

丶

Pinyin:zhu3

Meaning^[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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