Chinese Character 沌 Meanings and components.

Form

沌

Meaning

沌 meaning[3] in English

Confused.

Turbid.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EPU

How to write 沌

To write沌dun4confused you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 屯tun2to station … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 屯 = 沌

沌 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沌
Pinyin:dun4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Confused . Turbid
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]
屯
Pinyin:tun2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Station (Soldiers) . To Store Up . Village

Notes

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

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

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