Chinese Character 閱 Meanings and components.

Form

閱

Meaning

閱 meaning[3] in English

To Inspect.

To Review.

To Read.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 閱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (門) , and surname Dui (兌)

Its radical[1] is: 門 (men2) which means: Surname Men, .門men2surname Men

In cangjie it is written with ANCRU

How to write 閱

To write閱yue4to inspect you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 兌dui4surname Dui arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 兌 = 閱

閱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

閱
Pinyin:yue4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Inspect . To Review . To Read . To Peruse . To Go Through . To Experience
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
兌
Pinyin:dui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Dui
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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