Chinese Character 量 Meanings and components.

Form

量

Meaning

量 meaning[3] in English

To Measure.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 量 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are dawn (旦) , and variant of 裡|里[li3] (里)

Its radical[1] is: 里 (li3) which means: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3], .里li3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with AMWG

How to write 量

To write量liang4to measure you should write a combination of 旦dan4dawn , 里li3variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

旦 + 里 = 量

量 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

量
Pinyin:liang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Measure
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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