Chinese Character 谣 Meanings and components.

Form

谣

Meaning

谣 meaning[3] in English

Popular Ballad.

Rumor.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVBOU

How to write 谣

To write谣yao2popular ballad you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 䍃you2(archaic) vase arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 䍃 = 谣

谣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谣
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Popular Ballad . Rumor
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
䍃
Pinyin:you2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Archaic) Vase . Pitcher
爪
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal . Paw . Claws . Talons
缶
Pinyin:fou3
Meaning[3]: Pottery

Notes

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

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

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