Chinese Character 蕩 Meanings and components.

Form

蕩

Meaning

蕩 meaning[3] in English

To Wash.

To Squander.

To Sweep Away.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蕩 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 Tang (湯)

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

In cangjie it is written with TEAH

How to write 蕩

To write蕩dang4to wash you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 湯tang1surname Tang arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 湯 = 蕩

蕩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蕩
Pinyin:dang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Wash . To Squander . To Sweep Away . To Move . To Shake . Dissolute . Pond
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
湯
Pinyin:tang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tang
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
昜
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open Out, To Expand . Bright, Glorious
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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
勿
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Do Not

Notes

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

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

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