- 贪 meaning[3] in English
To Have A Voracious Desire For.
To Covet.
Greedy.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 贪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are now (今) , and surname Bei (贝)
Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝
In cangjie it is written with OINO
How to write 贪
To write贪 you should write a combination of 今 , 贝 arranged in a 吕 shape:
今 + 贝 = 贪
贪 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 贪 should be followed in this specific way.
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 贪, looks as follow:
贪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
贝Pinyin:bei4
冂Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]