Chinese Character 肿 Meanings and components.

Form

肿

Meaning

肿 meaning[3] in English

To Swell.

Swelling.

Swollen.

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Main Components

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

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 BL

How to write 肿

To write肿zhong3to swell you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 中zhong1China arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 中 = 肿

肿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

肿
Pinyin:zhong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Swell . Swelling . Swollen
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
中
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: China . Chinese . Surname Zhong
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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