Chinese Character 添 Meanings and components.

Form

添

Meaning

添 meaning[3] in English

To Add.

To Increase.

To Replenish.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EMKP

How to write 添

To write添tian1to add you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 忝tian3to shame arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 忝 = 添

添 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

添
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Add . To Increase . To Replenish
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]
忝
Pinyin:tian3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Shame
夭
Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tender . Gentle . To Die Prematurely
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
㣺
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:*
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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