Chinese Character 獻 Meanings and components.

Form

獻

Meaning

獻 meaning[3] in English

To Offer.

To Present.

To Dedicate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 獻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (鬳) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with YBIK

How to write 獻

To write獻xian4to offer you should write a combination of 鬳yan4 , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吅 shape:

鬳 + 犬 = 獻

獻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

獻
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Offer . To Present . To Dedicate . To Donate . To Show . To Put On Display . Worthy Person (Old)
鬳
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
鬲
Pinyin:ge2
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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