Chinese Character 荀 Meanings and components.

Form

荀

Meaning

荀 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xun.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 荀 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 ten days (旬)

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

In cangjie it is written with TPA

How to write 荀

To write荀xun2surname Xun you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 旬xun2ten days arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 旬 = 荀

荀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

荀
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xun
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
旬
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ten Days . Ten Years . Full Period
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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