Chinese Character 簞 Meanings and components.
Form
簞
Meaning
- 簞 meaning[3] in English
Round Basket For Cooked Rice.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 簞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and surname Shan (單)
Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹
In cangjie it is written with HRRJ
How to write 簞
To write簞 you should write a combination of 竹 , 單 arranged in a 吕 shape:
竹 + 單 = 簞
簞 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 簞 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 簞, looks as follow:
簞
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Round Basket For Cooked Rice
單
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
甲
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: First Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . (Used For An Unspecified Person Or Thing) . First (In A List, As A Party To A Contract Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Armor Plating . Shell Or Carapace . (Of The Fingers Or Toes) Nail . Bladed Leather Or Metal Armor (Old) . Ranking System Used In The Imperial Examinations (Old) . Civil Administration Unit In The Baojia 保甲[Bao3 Jia3] System (Old) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 75°