Chinese Character 肯 Meanings and components.

Form

肯

Meaning

肯 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 肯[Ken3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 肯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to stop (止) , and moon (月)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with YMB

How to write 肯

To write肯ken3old variant … you should write a combination of 止zhi3to stop , 月yue4moon arranged in a 吕 shape:

止 + 月 = 肯

肯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

肯
Pinyin:ken3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 肯[Ken3]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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