Chinese Character 耽 Meanings and components.

Form

耽

Meaning

耽 meaning[3] in English

To Indulge In.

To Delay.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ear (耳) , and to go forward (冘)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with SJLBU

How to write 耽

To write耽dan1to indulge … you should write a combination of 耳er3ear , 冘yin2to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

耳 + 冘 = 耽

耽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

耽
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Indulge In . To Delay
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
冘
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Forward . To Advance
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
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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