Chinese Character 谭 Meanings and components.

Form

谭

Meaning

谭 meaning[3] in English

Surname Tan.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVMWJ

How to write 谭

To write谭tan2surname Tan you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 覃tan2surname Qin arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 覃 = 谭

谭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谭
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tan
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
覃
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Qin
襾
Pinyin:ya4
Meaning[3]: Cover . Radical No 146
早
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Morning . Good Morning! . Long Ago . Prematurely
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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