Chinese Character 玄 Meanings and components.

Form

玄

Meaning

玄 meaning[3] in English

Black.

Mysterious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 玄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , and surname Yao (幺)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 玄

To write玄xuan2black you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … , 幺yao1surname Yao

亠 + 幺 = 玄

玄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

玄
Pinyin:xuan2
Meaning[3]: Black . Mysterious
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Notes

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

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