Chinese Character 淺 Meanings and components.

Form

淺

Meaning

淺 meaning[3] in English

Sound Of Moving Water.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EII

How to write 淺

To write淺qian3sound of … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 戔jian1narrow arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 戔 = 淺

淺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淺
Pinyin:qian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sound Of Moving Water
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]
戔
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Narrow . Small
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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