Chinese Character 癬 Meanings and components.

Form

癬

Meaning

癬 meaning[3] in English

Ringworm.

Taiwan Pr. [Xian3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 癬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and fresh (鮮)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KNFQ

How to write 癬

To write癬xuan3ringworm you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 鮮xian1fresh arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 鮮 = 癬

癬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

癬
Pinyin:xuan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ringworm . Taiwan Pr. [Xian3]
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
鮮
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fresh . Bright (In Color) . Delicious . Tasty . Delicacy . Aquatic Foods
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang

Notes

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

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

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