Chinese Character 铭 Meanings and components.

Form

铭

铭 meaning^[3] in English

To Engrave.

Inscribed Motto.

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 铭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , 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 OPNIR

To write铭ming2to engrave you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 名ming2name arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 名 = 铭

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

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

Meaning^[3]: To Engrave . Inscribed Motto

Meaning^[3]: Name . Noun (Part Of Speech) . Place (E.G. Among Winners) . Famous . Classifier For People

Meaning^[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]

Meaning^[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls