Chinese Character 謙 Meanings and components.

Form

謙

Meaning

謙 meaning[3] in English

Modest.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRTXC

How to write 謙

To write謙qian1modest you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 兼jian1double arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 兼 = 謙

謙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

謙
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Modest
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
兼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Double . Twice . Simultaneous . Holding Two Or More (Official) Posts At The Same Time

Notes

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

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

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