Chinese Character 硯 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

硯 meaning[3] in English

Ink-Stone.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MRBUU

How to write 硯

To writeyan4ink-stone you should write a combination of shi2surname Shi , jian4to see arranged in a shape:

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硯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:yan4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Ink-Stone

Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview

Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

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: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 硯in English or Chinese