Chinese Character 衽 Meanings and components.

Form

衽

Meaning

衽 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) Overlapping Part Of Chinese Gown.

Lapel.

Sleeping Mat.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are the left-radical form … (衤) , and ninth of the … (壬)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with LHG

How to write 衽

To write衽ren4(literary) overlapping … you should write a combination of 衤yi1the left-radical … , 壬ren2ninth of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

衤 + 壬 = 衽

衽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衽
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) Overlapping Part Of Chinese Gown . Lapel . Sleeping Mat
衤
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: The Left-Radical Form Of Kangxi Radical 145, 衣[Yi1]
壬
Pinyin:ren2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ninth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Ninth In Order . Letter 'I' Or Roman 'Ix' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 345° . Nona
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Notes

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

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

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