Chinese Character 漸 Meanings and components.

Form

漸

Meaning

漸 meaning[3] in English

To Imbue.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EJJL

How to write 漸

To write漸jian4to imbue you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 斬zhan3to behead … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 斬 = 漸

漸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

漸
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Imbue
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]
斬
Pinyin:zhan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Behead (As Form Of Capital Punishment) . To Chop
車
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

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

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

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