Chinese Character 谦 Meanings and components.

Form

谦

Meaning

谦 meaning[3] in English

Modest.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVTXC

How to write 谦

To write谦qian1modest you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 兼jian1double arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 兼 = 谦

谦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谦
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Modest
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
兼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Double . Twice . Simultaneous . Holding Two Or More (Official) Posts At The Same Time

Notes

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

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

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