Chinese Character 纣 Meanings and components.

Form

纣

Meaning

纣 meaning[3] in English

Saddle Crupper (Harness Strap On Horse's Back).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMDI

How to write 纣

To write纣zhou4saddle crupper … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 寸 = 纣

纣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

纣
Pinyin:zhou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Saddle Crupper (Harness Strap On Horse'S Back)
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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