Chinese Character 絃 Meanings and components.

Form

絃

Meaning

絃 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 弦.

Bow String.

String Of Musical Instrument.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 絃 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and black (玄)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFYVI

How to write 絃

To write絃xian2variant of … you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 玄xuan2black arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 玄 = 絃

絃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

絃
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 弦 . Bow String . String Of Musical Instrument . Watch Spring . Chord (Straight Line Joining Two Points On A Curve) . Hypotenuse
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
玄
Pinyin:xuan2
Meaning[3]: Black . Mysterious
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Notes

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

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

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