Chinese Character 谩 Meanings and components.

Form

谩

Meaning

谩 meaning[3] in English

To Deceive.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVAWE

How to write 谩

To write谩man2to deceive you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 曼man4handsome arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 曼 = 谩

谩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谩
Pinyin:man2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Deceive
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
曼
Pinyin:man4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Large . Long
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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