Chinese Character 沾 Meanings and components.

Form

沾

Meaning

沾 meaning[3] in English

To Moisten.

To Be Infected By.

To Receive Benefit Or Advantage Through A Contact.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and variant of 占[zhan4] (占)

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

In cangjie it is written with EYR

How to write 沾

To write沾zhan1to moisten you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 占zhan4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 占 = 沾

沾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沾
Pinyin:zhan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Moisten . To Be Infected By . To Receive Benefit Or Advantage Through A Contact . To Touch
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]
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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