Chinese Character 询 Meanings and components.

Form

询

Meaning

询 meaning[3] in English

To Ask About.

To Inquire About.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 询 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and ten days (旬)

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

In cangjie it is written with IVPA

How to write 询

To write询xun2to ask … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 旬xun2ten days arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 旬 = 询

询 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

询
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Ask About . To Inquire About
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
旬
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ten Days . Ten Years . Full Period
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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