Chinese Character 貶 Meanings and components.

Form

貶

Meaning

貶 meaning[3] in English

To Diminish.

To Demote.

To Reduce Or Devaluate.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with BCHIO

How to write 貶

To write貶bian3to diminish you should write a combination of 貝bei4surname Bei , 乏fa2short of arranged in a 吅 shape:

貝 + 乏 = 貶

貶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貶
Pinyin:bian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Diminish . To Demote . To Reduce Or Devaluate . To Disparage . To Censure . To Depreciate
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
乏
Pinyin:fa2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Short Of . Tired
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
之
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Possessive Particle, Literary Equivalent Of 的[De5]) . Him . Her . It

Notes

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

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

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