Chinese Character 腱 Meanings and components.

Form

腱

Meaning

腱 meaning[3] in English

Tendon.

Sinew.

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Main Components

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

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 BNKQ

How to write 腱

To write腱jian4tendon you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 建jian4to establish arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 建 = 腱

腱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

腱
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Tendon . Sinew
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
建
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Establish . To Found . To Set Up . To Build . To Construct
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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