Chinese Character 湔 Meanings and components.

Form

湔

Meaning

湔 meaning[3] in English

To Wash.

To Redress (A Wrong).

Name Of A River.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ETBN

How to write 湔

To write湔jian1to wash you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 前qian2front arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 前 = 湔

湔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

湔
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wash . To Redress (A Wrong) . Name Of A River
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]
前
Pinyin:qian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Front . Forward . Ahead . First . Top (Followed By A Number) . Future . Ago . Before . Bc (E.G. 前293年) . Former . Formerly
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
刖
Pinyin:yue4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China) . See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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