Chinese Character 諺 Meanings and components.

Form

諺

Meaning

諺 meaning[3] in English

Proverb.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRYHH

How to write 諺

To write諺yan4proverb you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 彦yan4accomplished arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 彦 = 諺

諺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

諺
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Proverb
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
彦
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Accomplished . Elegant
产
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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