Chinese Character 谳 Meanings and components.

Form

谳

Meaning

谳 meaning[3] in English

To Decide Judicially.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVJBK

How to write 谳

To write谳yan4to decide … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 献xian4to offer arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 献 = 谳

谳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谳
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Decide Judicially
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
献
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Offer . To Present . To Dedicate . To Donate . To Show . To Put On Display . Worthy Person (Old)
南
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Nan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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