Chinese Character 淫 Meanings and components.

Form

淫

Meaning

淫 meaning[3] in English

Excess.

Excessive.

Wanton.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBHG

How to write 淫

To write淫yin2excess you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 㸒yin2 arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 㸒 = 淫

淫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淫
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Excess . Excessive . Wanton . Lewd . Lascivious . Obscene . Depraved
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]
㸒
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:吕
爪
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal . Paw . Claws . Talons
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

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

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

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