Chinese Character 臉 Meanings and components.

Form

臉

Meaning

臉 meaning[3] in English

Face.

Cl:張|张[Zhang1],個|个[Ge4].

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Main Components

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

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 BOMO

How to write 臉

To write臉lian3face you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 僉qian1all arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 僉 = 臉

臉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

臉
Pinyin:lian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Face . Cl:張|张[Zhang1],個|个[Ge4]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
僉
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: All
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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