Chinese Character 賢 Meanings and components.

Form

賢

Meaning

賢 meaning[3] in English

Worthy Or Virtuous Person.

Honorific Used For A Person Of The Same Or A Younger Generation.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with SEBUC

How to write 賢

To write賢xian2worthy or … you should write a combination of 臤qian1 , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

臤 + 貝 = 賢

賢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

賢
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Worthy Or Virtuous Person . Honorific Used For A Person Of The Same Or A Younger Generation
臤
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吅
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
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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