Chinese Character 砚 Meanings and components.

Form

砚

Meaning

砚 meaning[3] in English

Ink-Stone.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 砚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and to see (见)

Its radical[1] is: 石 (shi2) which means: Surname Shi, .石shi2surname Shi

In cangjie it is written with MRBHU

How to write 砚

To write砚yan4ink-stone you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 见jian4to see arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 见 = 砚

砚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

砚
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ink-Stone
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
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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