Chinese Character 汉 Meanings and components.

Form

汉

Meaning

汉 meaning[3] in English

Han Ethnic Group.

Chinese (Language).

The Han Dynasty (206 Bc-220 Ad).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 汉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and (once) again (又)

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

In cangjie it is written with EE

How to write 汉

To write汉han4Han ethnic … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 又you4(once) again arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 又 = 汉

汉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

汉
Pinyin:han4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Han Ethnic Group . Chinese (Language) . The Han Dynasty (206 Bc-220 Ad)
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
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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