Chinese Character 簪 Meanings and components.

Form

簪

Meaning

簪 meaning[3] in English

Hairpin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 簪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and if, supposing, nevertheless (朁)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HMUA

How to write 簪

To write簪zan1hairpin you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 朁can3if, supposing, … arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 朁 = 簪

簪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

簪
Pinyin:zan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hairpin
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
朁
Pinyin:can3 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: If, Supposing, Nevertheless
旡
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Choke On Something Eaten
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 簪in English or Chinese