Chinese Character 砧 Meanings and components.

Form

砧

Meaning

砧 meaning[3] in English

Anvil.

View more meanings of 砧 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 砧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and variant of 占[zhan4] (占)

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

In cangjie it is written with MRYR

How to write 砧

To write砧zhen1anvil you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 占zhan4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 占 = 砧

砧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

砧
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Anvil
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 砧in English or Chinese