Chinese Character 盞 Meanings and components.

Form

盞

Meaning

盞 meaning[3] in English

A Small Cup.

Classifier For Lamps.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IIBT

How to write 盞

To write盞zhan3a small … you should write a combination of 戔jian1narrow , 皿min3dish arranged in a 吕 shape:

戔 + 皿 = 盞

盞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

盞
Pinyin:zhan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: A Small Cup . Classifier For Lamps
戔
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Narrow . Small
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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