Chinese Character 誕 Meanings and components.

Form

誕

Meaning

誕 meaning[3] in English

Birth.

Birthday.

Brag.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 誕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and surname Yan (延)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRNKM

How to write 誕

To write誕dan4birth you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 延yan2surname Yan arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 延 = 誕

誕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

誕
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Birth . Birthday . Brag . Boast . To Increase
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
延
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yan
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
正
Pinyin:zheng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: First Month Of The Lunar Year
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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