Chinese Character 锻 Meanings and components.

Form

锻

Meaning

锻 meaning[3] in English

To Forge.

To Discipline.

Wrought.

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Main Components

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

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 OPHJE

How to write 锻

To write锻duan4to forge you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 段duan4surname Duan arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 段 = 锻

锻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

锻
Pinyin:duan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Forge . To Discipline . Wrought
钅
Pinyin:jin1
段
Pinyin:duan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Duan
?
Pinyin:?
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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