Chinese Character 舜 Meanings and components.

Form

舜

Meaning

舜 meaning[3] in English

Shun (C. 23rd Century Bc), Mythical Sage And Leader.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'claw' radical in … (爫) , and mistaken (舛)

Its radical[1] is: 舛 (chuan3) which means: Mistaken, Erroneous, Contradictory, .舛chuan3mistaken

In cangjie it is written with BBNQ

How to write 舜

To write舜shun4Shun (c. … you should write a combination of 爫zhao3'claw' radical … , 舛chuan3mistaken arranged in a 冖 shape:

爫 + 舛 = 舜

舜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

舜
Pinyin:shun4 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Shun (C. 23rd Century Bc), Mythical Sage And Leader
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
舛
Pinyin:chuan3
Meaning[3]: Mistaken . Erroneous . Contradictory
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
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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