Chinese Character 貫 Meanings and components.

Form

貫

Meaning

貫 meaning[3] in English

To Pierce Through.

To Pass Through.

To Be Stringed Together.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 貫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (毌) , and surname Bei (貝)

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

In cangjie it is written with WJBUC

How to write 貫

To write貫guan4to pierce … you should write a combination of 毌guan4archaic variant … , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

毌 + 貝 = 貫

貫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貫
Pinyin:guan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Pierce Through . To Pass Through . To Be Stringed Together . String Of 1000 Cash
毌
Pinyin:guan4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 貫|贯[Guan4]
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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