Chinese Character 淡 Meanings and components.

Form

淡

Meaning

淡 meaning[3] in English

Insipid.

Diluted.

Weak.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EFF

How to write 淡

To write淡dan4insipid you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 炎yan2flame arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 炎 = 淡

淡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淡
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Insipid . Diluted . Weak . Mild . Light In Color . Tasteless . Indifferent . (Variant Of 氮[Dan4]) Nitrogen
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]
炎
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flame . Inflammation . -Itis
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

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

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

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