Chinese Character 章 Meanings and components.

Form

章

Meaning

章 meaning^[3] in English: Surname Zhang.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 章 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Li (立) , and early (早)

Its radical^[1] is: 立 (li4) which means: Surname Li, .立li4surname Li

In cangjie it is written with YTAJ

How to write 章

To write章zhang1surname Zhang you should write a combination of 立li4surname Li , 早zao3early arranged in a 吕 shape:

立 + 早 = 章

章 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

章

Pinyin:zhang1 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: Surname Zhang

立

Pinyin:li4

Meaning^[3]: Surname Li

早

Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: Early . Morning . Good Morning! . Long Ago . Prematurely

日

Pinyin:ri4

Meaning^[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

十

Pinyin:shi2

Meaning^[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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