Chinese Character 眈 Meanings and components.

Form

眈

Meaning

眈 meaning[3] in English

Gaze Intently.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 眈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and to go forward (冘)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with BULBU

How to write 眈

To write眈dan1gaze intently you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 冘yin2to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 冘 = 眈

眈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

眈
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Gaze Intently
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
冘
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Forward . To Advance
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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