Chinese Character 穎 Meanings and components.

Form

穎

Meaning

穎 meaning[3] in English

Head Of Grain.

Husk.

Tip.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 穎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and variant of 傾|倾[qing1] (頃)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with PDMBC

How to write 穎

To write穎ying3head of … you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 頃qing3variant of … arranged in a 回 shape:

禾 + 頃 = 穎

穎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

穎
Pinyin:ying3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Head Of Grain . Husk . Tip . Point . Clever . Gifted . Outstanding
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
頃
Pinyin:qing3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 傾|倾[Qing1]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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