Chinese Character 锰 Meanings and components.

Form

锰

Meaning

锰 meaning[3] in English

Manganese (Chemistry).

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Main Components

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

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 OPNDT

How to write 锰

To write锰meng3manganese (chemistry) you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 孟meng4surname Meng arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 孟 = 锰

锰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

锰
Pinyin:meng3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Manganese (Chemistry)
钅
Pinyin:jin1
孟
Pinyin:meng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Meng
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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