Chinese Character 谚 Meanings and components.

Form

谚

Meaning

谚 meaning[3] in English

Proverb.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVYHH

How to write 谚

To write谚yan4proverb you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 彦yan4accomplished arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 彦 = 谚

谚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谚
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Proverb
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
彦
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Accomplished . Elegant
产
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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