Chinese Character 砭 Meanings and components.

Form

砭

Meaning

砭 meaning[3] in English

Ancient Stone Acupuncture Needle.

To Criticize.

To Pierce.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MRHIO

How to write 砭

To write砭bian1ancient stone … you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 乏fa2short of arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 乏 = 砭

砭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

砭
Pinyin:bian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ancient Stone Acupuncture Needle . To Criticize . To Pierce
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
乏
Pinyin:fa2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Short Of . Tired
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
之
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Possessive Particle, Literary Equivalent Of 的[De5]) . Him . Her . It

Notes

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

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

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