Chinese Character 纖 Meanings and components.

Form

纖

Meaning

纖 meaning[3] in English

Fine.

Delicate.

Minute.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VFOIM

How to write 纖

To write纖xian1fine you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 韱xian1wild onions … arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 韱 = 纖

纖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

纖
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fine . Delicate . Minute
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
韱
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Wild Onions Or Leeks
㦰
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
韭
Pinyin:jiu3
Meaning[3]: Leek

Notes

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

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

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