Chinese Character 谨 Meanings and components.

Form

谨

Meaning

谨 meaning[3] in English

Cautious.

Careful.

Solemnly.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVTLM

How to write 谨

To write谨jin3cautious you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 堇jin3clay arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 堇 = 谨

谨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谨
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cautious . Careful . Solemnly . Sincerely (Formal)
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
堇
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Clay . Old Variant Of 僅|仅[Jin3] . Violet (Plant)

Notes

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

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

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