Chinese Character 貪 Meanings and components.

Form

貪

Meaning

貪 meaning[3] in English

To Have A Voracious Desire For.

To Covet.

Greedy.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with OINC

How to write 貪

To write貪tan1to have … you should write a combination of 今jin1now , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

今 + 貝 = 貪

貪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貪
Pinyin:tan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Have A Voracious Desire For . To Covet . Greedy . Corrupt
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
㇇
Pinyin:㇇
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

Notes

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

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

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