Chinese Character 谫 Meanings and components.

Form

谫

Meaning

谫 meaning[3] in English

Shallow.

Superficial.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVTBH

How to write 谫

To write谫jian3shallow you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 剪jian3surname Jian arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 剪 = 谫

谫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谫
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Shallow . Superficial
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
剪
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Jian
前
Pinyin:qian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Front . Forward . Ahead . First . Top (Followed By A Number) . Future . Ago . Before . Bc (E.G. 前293年) . Former . Formerly
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
刖
Pinyin:yue4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China) . See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao

Notes

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

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

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