Chinese Character 鉦 Meanings and components.

Form

鉦

Meaning

鉦 meaning[3] in English

Gong Used To Halt Troops.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鉦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and first month of … (正)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CMYM

How to write 鉦

To write鉦zheng1gong used … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 正zheng4first month … arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 正 = 鉦

鉦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鉦
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Gong Used To Halt Troops
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
正
Pinyin:zheng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: First Month Of The Lunar Year
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
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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