Chinese Character 縦 Meanings and components.

Form

縦

Meaning

縦 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 縱|纵[Zong4].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VFHOO

How to write 縦

To write縦zong4old variant … you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 従cong2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 従 = 縦

縦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

縦
Pinyin:zong4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 縱|纵[Zong4]
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
従
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 從|从[Cong2]
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
疋
Pinyin:pi3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 匹[Pi3] . Classifier For Cloth: Bolt

Notes

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

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

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