Chinese Character 沈 Meanings and components.

Form

沈

Meaning

沈 meaning[3] in English

Surname Shen.

Place Name.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to go forward (冘)

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

In cangjie it is written with ELBU

How to write 沈

To write沈shen3surname Shen you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 冘yin2to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 冘 = 沈

沈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沈
Pinyin:shen3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Shen . Place Name
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]
冘
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Forward . To Advance
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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