Chinese Character 谗 Meanings and components.

Form

谗

Meaning

谗 meaning[3] in English

To Slander.

To Defame.

To Misrepresent.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 谗 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , to excuse sb (免) , and 'ice' radical in … (冫)

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

In cangjie it is written with IVNUY

How to write 谗

To write谗chan2to slander you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 免mian3to excuse … 冫bing1'ice' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 免 + 冫 = 谗

谗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谗
Pinyin:chan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Slander . To Defame . To Misrepresent . To Speak Maliciously
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
免
Pinyin:mian3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Excuse Sb . To Exempt . To Remove Or Dismiss From Office . To Avoid . To Avert . To Escape . To Be Prohibited
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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