Chinese Character 诵 Meanings and components.

Form

诵

Meaning

诵 meaning[3] in English

To Read Aloud.

To Recite.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVNIB

How to write 诵

To write诵song4to read … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 甬yong3the Yongjiang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 甬 = 诵

诵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

诵
Pinyin:song4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Read Aloud . To Recite
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
甬
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Yongjiang River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] Through Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 Bo1] . Abbr. For Ningbo
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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