Chinese Character 莖 Meanings and components.

Form

莖

Meaning

莖 meaning[3] in English

Stalk.

Stem.

Cl:條|条[Tiao2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 莖 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 underground watercourse (巠)

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

In cangjie it is written with TMVM

How to write 莖

To write莖jing1stalk you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 巠jing1underground watercourse arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 巠 = 莖

莖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

莖
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Stalk . Stem . Cl:條|条[Tiao2]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
巠
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Underground Watercourse . Archaic Variant Of 經|经[Jing1]
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
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

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

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

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