Chinese Character 眼 Meanings and components.

Form

眼

Meaning

眼 meaning[3] in English

Eye.

Small Hole.

Crux (Of A Matter).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 眼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and blunt (艮)

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 BUAV

How to write 眼

To write眼yan3eye you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 艮gen3blunt arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 艮 = 眼

眼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

眼
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Eye . Small Hole . Crux (Of A Matter) . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1],雙|双[Shuang1] . Classifier For Big Hollow Things (Wells, Stoves, Pots Etc)
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

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

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

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