Chinese Character 纨 Meanings and components.

Form

纨

Meaning

纨 meaning[3] in English

White.

White Silk.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMKNI

How to write 纨

To write纨wan2white you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 丸wan2ball arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 丸 = 纨

纨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

纨
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: White . White Silk
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
丸
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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