Chinese Character 罐 Meanings and components.

Form

罐

Meaning

罐 meaning[3] in English

Can.

Jar.

Pot.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 罐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pottery (缶) , and (archaic) stork (雚)

Its radical[1] is: 缶 (fou3) which means: Pottery, .缶fou3pottery

In cangjie it is written with OUTRG

How to write 罐

To write罐guan4can you should write a combination of 缶fou3pottery , 雚guan4(archaic) stork arranged in a 吅 shape:

缶 + 雚 = 罐

罐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

罐
Pinyin:guan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Can . Jar . Pot
缶
Pinyin:fou3
Meaning[3]: Pottery
雚
Pinyin:guan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Archaic) Stork . Heron
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
𨾴
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:咒
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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