Chinese Character 甑 Meanings and components.

Form

甑

Meaning

甑 meaning[3] in English

Cauldron.

Rice Pot.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 甑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Japanese variant of … (曽) , and roof tile (瓦)

Its radical[1] is: 瓦 (wa3) which means: Roof Tile, Abbr. For 瓦特[Wa3 Te4], .瓦wa3roof tile

In cangjie it is written with CAMVN

How to write 甑

To write甑zeng4cauldron you should write a combination of 曽ceng1Japanese variant … , 瓦wa3roof tile arranged in a 吅 shape:

曽 + 瓦 = 甑

甑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

甑
Pinyin:zeng4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cauldron . Rice Pot
曽
Pinyin:ceng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 曾[Ceng2]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
瓦
Pinyin:wa3
Meaning[3]: Roof Tile . Abbr. For 瓦特[Wa3 Te4]

Notes

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

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

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