Chinese Character 甥 Meanings and components.

Form

甥

Meaning

甥 meaning[3] in English

Sister's Son.

Nephew.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 甥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to be born (生) , and male (男)

Its radical[1] is: 生 (sheng1) which means: To Be Born, To Give Birth, Life, To Grow, Raw, Uncooked, Student, .生sheng1to be …

In cangjie it is written with HMWKS

How to write 甥

To write甥sheng1sister's son you should write a combination of 生sheng1to be … , 男nan2male arranged in a 吅 shape:

生 + 男 = 甥

甥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

甥
Pinyin:sheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sister'S Son . Nephew
生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
男
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Male . Baron, Lowest Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

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

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

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