Chinese Character 泳 Meanings and components.

Form

泳

Meaning

泳 meaning[3] in English

Swimming.

To Swim.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EINE

How to write 泳

To write泳yong3swimming you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 永yong3forever arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 永 = 泳

泳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

泳
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Swimming . To Swim
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]
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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