Chinese Character 菖 Meanings and components.

Form

菖

Meaning

菖 meaning[3] in English

See 菖蒲[Chang1 Pu2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 菖 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 Chang (昌)

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

In cangjie it is written with TAA

How to write 菖

To write菖chang1see 菖蒲[chang1 … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 昌chang1surname Chang arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 昌 = 菖

菖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

菖
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 菖蒲[Chang1 Pu2]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
昌
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Chang
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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