Chinese Character 鑽 Meanings and components.

Form

鑽

Meaning

鑽 meaning[3] in English

To Drill.

To Bore.

To Get Into.

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Main Components

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

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 CHUC

How to write 鑽

To write鑽zuan1to drill you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 贊zan4to patronize arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 贊 = 鑽

鑽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鑽
Pinyin:zuan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drill . To Bore . To Get Into . To Make One'S Way Into . To Enter (A Hole) . To Thread One'S Way Through . To Study Intensively . To Dig Into . To Curry Favor For Personal Gain
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
贊
Pinyin:zan4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: To Patronize . To Support . To Praise . (Internet Slang) To Like (An Online Post On Facebook Etc)
先
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Prior . Former . In Advance . First
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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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