Chinese Character 閻 Meanings and components.

Form

閻

Meaning

閻 meaning[3] in English

Yama.

Gate Of Village.

Surname Yan.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ANNHX

How to write 閻

To write閻yan2Yama you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 臽xian4pitfall arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 臽 = 閻

閻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

閻
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Yama . Gate Of Village . Surname Yan
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
臽
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pitfall . Trap (Archaic)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Notes

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

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

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