Chinese Character 衅 Meanings and components.

Form

衅

Meaning

衅 meaning[3] in English

Quarrel.

Dispute.

A Blood Sacrifice (Arch.).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are blood (血) , and half (半)

Its radical[1] is: 血 (xue4) which means: Blood, Colloquial Pr. [Xie3], Cl:滴[Di1],片[Pian4], .血xue4blood

In cangjie it is written with HTFQ

How to write 衅

To write衅xin4quarrel you should write a combination of 血xue4blood , 半ban4half arranged in a 吅 shape:

血 + 半 = 衅

衅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衅
Pinyin:xin4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Quarrel . Dispute . A Blood Sacrifice (Arch.)
血
Pinyin:xue4
Meaning[3]: Blood . Colloquial Pr. [Xie3] . Cl:滴[Di1],片[Pian4]
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
半
Pinyin:ban4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Half . Semi- . Incomplete . (After A Number) And A Half

Notes

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

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

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