Chinese Character 湛 Meanings and components.

Form

湛

Meaning

湛 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 湛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and variant of 什[shen2] (甚)

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

In cangjie it is written with ETMV

How to write 湛

To write湛zhan4surname Zhan you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 甚shen4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 甚 = 湛

湛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

湛
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhan
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]
甚
Pinyin:shen4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 什[Shen2]
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]
匹
Pinyin:pi3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Mate . One Of A Pair
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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