Chinese Character 睜 Meanings and components.

Form

睜

Meaning

睜 meaning[3] in English

To Open (One's Eyes).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 睜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and to strive for (爭)

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 BUBSD

How to write 睜

To write睜zheng1to open … you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 爭zheng1to strive … arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 爭 = 睜

睜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

睜
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Open (One'S Eyes)
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
爭
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Strive For . To Vie For . To Argue Or Debate . Deficient Or Lacking (Dialect) . How Or What (Literary)
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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