Chinese Character 甜 Meanings and components.

Form

甜

Meaning

甜 meaning[3] in English

Sweet.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 甜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tongue (舌) , and surname Gan (甘)

Its radical[1] is: 甘 (gan1) which means: Surname Gan, Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3], .甘gan1surname Gan

In cangjie it is written with HRTM

How to write 甜

To write甜tian2sweet you should write a combination of 舌she2tongue , 甘gan1surname Gan arranged in a 吅 shape:

舌 + 甘 = 甜

甜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

甜
Pinyin:tian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sweet
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]

Notes

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

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

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