Chinese Character 缢 Meanings and components.

Form

缢

Meaning

缢 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) To Die By Hanging Or Strangulation.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMTCT

How to write 缢

To write缢yi4(literary) to … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 益yi4surname Yi arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 益 = 缢

缢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缢
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Die By Hanging Or Strangulation
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
益
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi
?
Pinyin:?
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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