Chinese Character 渐 Meanings and components.

Form

渐

Meaning

渐 meaning[3] in English

To Imbue.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EKQL

How to write 渐

To write渐jian4to imbue you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 斩zhan3to behead … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 斩 = 渐

渐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

渐
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Imbue
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]
斩
Pinyin:zhan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Behead (As Form Of Capital Punishment) . To Chop
车
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

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

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

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