Chinese Character 衒 Meanings and components.

Form

衒

Meaning

衒 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 炫[Xuan4].

(Literary) To Boast.

To Show Off.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and black (玄)

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 HOYIN

How to write 衒

To write衒xuan4variant of … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 玄xuan2black arranged in a 弼 shape:

彳 + 玄 = 衒

衒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衒
Pinyin:xuan4 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 炫[Xuan4] . (Literary) To Boast . To Show Off
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
玄
Pinyin:xuan2
Meaning[3]: Black . Mysterious
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Notes

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

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

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