Chinese Character 腕 Meanings and components.

Form

腕

Meaning

腕 meaning[3] in English

Wrist.

(Squid, Starfish Etc) Arm.

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Main Components

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

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 BJNU

How to write 腕

To write腕wan4wrist you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 宛wan3surname Wan arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 宛 = 腕

腕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

腕
Pinyin:wan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Wrist . (Squid, Starfish Etc) Arm
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
宛
Pinyin:wan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wan
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
夗
Pinyin:yuan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Turn Over When Asleep
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
㔾
Pinyin:xian1
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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