Chinese Character 衍 Meanings and components.

Form

衍

Meaning

衍 meaning[3] in English

To Spread Out.

To Develop.

To Overflow.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and 'water' radical in … (氵)

Its radical[1] is: 行 (xing2) which means: Row, Line, Commercial Firm, Line Of Business, Profession, To Rank (First, Second Etc) Among One's Siblings (By Age), (In Data Tables) Row, (Tw) Column, .行xing2row

In cangjie it is written with HOEMN

How to write 衍

To write衍yan3to spread … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 氵shui5'water' radical … arranged in a 弼 shape:

彳 + 氵 = 衍

衍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衍
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: To Spread Out . To Develop . To Overflow . To Amplify . Superfluous
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
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]

Notes

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

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

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