Chinese Character 滄 Meanings and components.

Form

滄

Meaning

滄 meaning[3] in English

Blue-Green Or Azure (Of Water).

Vast (Of Water).

Cold.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EOIR

How to write 滄

To write滄cang1blue-green or … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 倉cang1barn arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 倉 = 滄

滄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

滄
Pinyin:cang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Blue-Green Or Azure (Of Water) . Vast (Of Water) . Cold
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]
倉
Pinyin:cang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Barn . Granary . Storehouse . Cabin . Hold (In Ship)
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

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

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

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