Chinese Character 镶 Meanings and components.

Form

镶

Meaning

镶 meaning[3] in English

To Inlay.

To Embed.

Ridge.

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Main Components

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

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 OPYRV

How to write 镶

To write镶xiang1to inlay you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 襄xiang1surname Xiang arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 襄 = 镶

镶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

镶
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Inlay . To Embed . Ridge . Border
钅
Pinyin:jin1
襄
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch

Notes

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

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

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