Chinese Character 現 Meanings and components.

Form

現

Meaning

現 meaning[3] in English

To Appear.

Present.

Now.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MGBUU

How to write 現

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

王 + 見 = 現

現 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

現
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Appear . Present . Now . Existing . Current
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
見
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
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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