Chinese Character 缆 Meanings and components.

Form

缆

Meaning

缆 meaning[3] in English

Cable.

Hawser.

To Moor.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMLIU

How to write 缆

To write缆lan3cable you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 览lan3to look … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 览 = 缆

缆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缆
Pinyin:lan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cable . Hawser . To Moor
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
览
Pinyin:lan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Look At . To View . To Read
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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