Chinese Character 现 Meanings and components.

Form

现

Meaning

现 meaning[3] in English

To Appear.

Present.

Now.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 现 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Wang (王) , and to see (见)

Its radical[1] is: 玉 (yu4) which means: Jade, .玉yu4jade

In cangjie it is written with MGBHU

How to write 现

To write现xian4to appear you should write a combination of 王wang2surname Wang , 见jian4to see arranged in a 吅 shape:

王 + 见 = 现

现 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

现
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Appear . Present . Now . Existing . Current
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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