Chinese Character 苫 Meanings and components.

Form

苫

Meaning

苫 meaning[3] in English

Straw Mat.

Thatch.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 苫 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 variant of 占[zhan4] (占)

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

In cangjie it is written with TYR

How to write 苫

To write苫shan1straw mat you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 占zhan4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 占 = 苫

苫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

苫
Pinyin:shan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Straw Mat . Thatch
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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