Chinese Character 苹 Meanings and components.

Form

苹

Meaning

苹 meaning[3] in English

(Artemisia).

Duckweed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 苹 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 Ping (平)

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

In cangjie it is written with TMFJ

How to write 苹

To write苹ping2(artemisia) you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 平ping2surname Ping arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 平 = 苹

苹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

苹
Pinyin:ping2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Artemisia) . Duckweed
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
平
Pinyin:ping2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Ping
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
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
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

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

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

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