Chinese Character 膻 Meanings and components.

Form

膻

Meaning

膻 meaning[3] in English

A Flock Of Sheep (Or Goats).

Old Variant Of 膻[Shan1].

Old Variant Of 羶[Shan1].

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Main Components

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

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 BYWM

How to write 膻

To write膻shan1a flock … you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 亶dan3surname Dan arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 亶 = 膻

膻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

膻
Pinyin:shan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Flock Of Sheep (Or Goats) . Old Variant Of 膻[Shan1] . Old Variant Of 羶[Shan1]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
亶
Pinyin:dan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Dan
㐭
Pinyin:lin3 Shape:吕
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
回
Pinyin:hui2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Circle . To Go Back . To Turn Around . To Answer . To Return . To Revolve . Hui Ethnic Group (Chinese Muslims) . Time . Classifier For Acts Of A Play . Section Or Chapter (Of A Classic Book)
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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