Chinese Character 纵 Meanings and components.

Form

纵

Meaning

纵 meaning[3] in English

Warp (The Vertical Threads In Weaving).

Vertical.

Longitudinal.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMOO

How to write 纵

To write纵zong4warp (the … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 从cong2surname Cong arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 从 = 纵

纵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

纵
Pinyin:zong4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Warp (The Vertical Threads In Weaving) . Vertical . Longitudinal . North-South (Lines Of Longitude) . Lengthwise . To Release . To Indulge . Even If
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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