Chinese Character 演 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

演 meaning[3] in English

To Develop.

To Evolve.

To Practice.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and 3rd earthly branch: … (寅)

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

In cangjie it is written with EJMC

How to write 演

To writeyan3to develop you should write a combination of shui5'water' radical … , yin23rd earthly … arranged in a shape:

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演 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:yan3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Develop . To Evolve . To Practice . To Perform . To Play . To Act

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]

Pinyin:yin2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: 3rd Earthly Branch: 3-5 A.M., 1st Solar Month (4th February-5th March), Year Of The Tiger . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 60°

Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...

Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 演in English or Chinese