Chinese Character 湍 Meanings and components.

Form

湍

Meaning

湍 meaning[3] in English

To Rush (Of Water).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 湍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and variant of 專|专[zhuan1] (耑)

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

In cangjie it is written with EUMB

How to write 湍

To write湍tuan1to rush … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 耑duan1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 耑 = 湍

湍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

湍
Pinyin:tuan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Rush (Of 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]
耑
Pinyin:duan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 專|专[Zhuan1]
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
而
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: And . As Well As . And So . But (Not) . Yet (Not) . (Indicates Causal Relation) . (Indicates Change Of State) . (Indicates Contrast)

Notes

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

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

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