Chinese Character 藏 Meanings and components.

Form

藏

Meaning

藏 meaning[3] in English

Tibet.

Xizang 西藏.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 藏 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 Zang (臧)

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

In cangjie it is written with TIMS

How to write 藏

To write藏cang2Tibet you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 臧zang1surname Zang arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 臧 = 藏

藏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

藏
Pinyin:cang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tibet . Xizang 西藏
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
臧
Pinyin:zang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zang
戕
Pinyin:qiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Kill . To Injure . Taiwan Pr. [Qiang2]
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen

Notes

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

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

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