Chinese Character 芟 Meanings and components.

Form

芟

Meaning

芟 meaning[3] in English

To Cut Down.

To Mow.

To Eliminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 芟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with THNE

How to write 芟

To write芟shan1to cut … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 殳 = 芟

芟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

芟
Pinyin:shan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Cut Down . To Mow . To Eliminate . Scythe
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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