Chinese Character 链 Meanings and components.

Form

链

Meaning

链 meaning[3] in English

Chain.

Cable (Unit Of Length: 100 Fathoms, About 185 M).

Chain (Unit Of Length: 66 Feet, About 20 M).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 链 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and surname Lian (连)

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 CYKQ

How to write 链

To write链lian4chain you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 连lian2surname Lian arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 连 = 链

链 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

链
Pinyin:lian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Chain . Cable (Unit Of Length: 100 Fathoms, About 185 M) . Chain (Unit Of Length: 66 Feet, About 20 M) . To Chain . To Enchain
钅
Pinyin:jin1
连
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Lian
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
车
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che

Notes

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

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

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