Chinese Character 耐 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

耐 meaning^[3] in English

Capable Of Enduring.

Able To Tolerate.

Patient.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 耐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are and (而) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical^[1] is: 而 (er2) which means: And, As Well As, And So, But (Not), Yet (Not), (Indicates Causal Relation), (Indicates Change Of State), (Indicates Contrast), .而er2and

In cangjie it is written with MBDI

How to write 耐

To write耐nai4capable of … you should write a combination of 而er2and , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

而 + 寸 = 耐

耐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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