Chinese Character 谎 Meanings and components.

Form

谎

Meaning

谎 meaning[3] in English

Lies.

To Lie.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVTYU

How to write 谎

To write谎huang3lies you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 荒huang1desolate arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 荒 = 谎

谎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谎
Pinyin:huang3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lies . To Lie
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
荒
Pinyin:huang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Desolate . Shortage . Scarce . Out Of Practice . Absurd . Uncultivated . To Neglect
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
巟
Pinyin:huang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: A Watery Waste . To Reach
亡
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Die . To Lose . To Be Gone . To Flee . Deceased
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]
川
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 Chuan1] In Southwest China

Notes

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

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

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