Chinese Character 缣 Meanings and components.

Form

缣

Meaning

缣 meaning[3] in English

Thick Waterproof Silk.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMTXC

How to write 缣

To write缣jian1thick waterproof … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 兼jian1double arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 兼 = 缣

缣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缣
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thick Waterproof Silk
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
兼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Double . Twice . Simultaneous . Holding Two Or More (Official) Posts At The Same Time

Notes

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

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

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