Chinese Character 绢 Meanings and components.

Form

绢

Meaning

绢 meaning[3] in English

Thin, Tough Silk Fabric.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMRB

How to write 绢

To write绢juan4thin, tough … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 肙yuan4a small … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 肙 = 绢

绢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

绢
Pinyin:juan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thin, Tough Silk Fabric
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
肙
Pinyin:yuan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: A Small Worm . To Twist . To Surround . Empty
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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