Chinese Character 販 Meanings and components.

Form

販

Meaning

販 meaning[3] in English

To Deal In.

To Buy And Sell.

To Trade In.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 販 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (貝) , and contrary (反)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with BCHE

How to write 販

To write販fan4to deal … you should write a combination of 貝bei4surname Bei , 反fan3contrary arranged in a 吅 shape:

貝 + 反 = 販

販 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

販
Pinyin:fan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Deal In . To Buy And Sell . To Trade In . To Retail . To Peddle
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
反
Pinyin:fan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Contrary . In Reverse . Inside Out Or Upside Down . To Reverse . To Return . To Oppose . Opposite . Against . Anti- . To Rebel . To Use Analogy . Instead . Abbr. For 反切[Fan3 Qie4] Phonetic System
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
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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