Chinese Character 盐 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

盐 meaning[3] in English

Salt.

Cl:粒[Li4].

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (圤) , and dish (皿)

Its radical[1] is: (min3) which means: Dish, Vessel, Shallow Container, Rad. No. 108, .min3dish

In cangjie it is written with GYBT

How to write 盐

To writeyan2salt you should write a combination of pu2 , min3dish arranged in a shape:

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盐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:yan2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Salt . Cl:粒[Li4]

Pinyin:pu2 Shape:

Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 盐in English or Chinese