Chinese Character 缄 Meanings and components.

Form

缄

Meaning

缄 meaning[3] in English

(Wooden) Box.

Cup.

Old Variant Of 緘|缄[Jian1].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMIHR

How to write 缄

To write缄jian1(wooden) box you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 咸xian2surname Xian arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 咸 = 缄

缄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缄
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Wooden) Box . Cup . Old Variant Of 緘|缄[Jian1] . Letter
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
咸
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Xian
戌
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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