Chinese Character 申 Meanings and components.

Form

申

Meaning

申 meaning[3] in English

Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3].

Surname Shen.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 申 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to speak (曰) , and radical in Chinese … (丨)

Its radical[1] is: 田 (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .田tian2surname Tian

In cangjie it is written with LWL

How to write 申

To write申shen1old name … you should write a combination of 曰yue1to speak , 丨gun3radical in … arranged in a + shape:

曰 + 丨 = 申

申 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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