Chinese Character 銘 Meanings and components.

Form

銘

Meaning

銘 meaning[3] in English

To Engrave.

Inscribed Motto.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 銘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and name (名)

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 CNIR

How to write 銘

To write銘ming2to engrave you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 名ming2name arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 名 = 銘

銘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

銘
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Engrave . Inscribed Motto
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
名
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Name . Noun (Part Of Speech) . Place (E.G. Among Winners) . Famous . Classifier For People
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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