Chinese Character 闇 Meanings and components.

Form

闇

Meaning

闇 meaning[3] in English

To Close (A Door).

To Eclipse.

Muddled.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ANYTA

How to write 闇

To write闇an4to close … you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 音yin1sound arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 音 = 闇

闇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

闇
Pinyin:an4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Close (A Door) . To Eclipse . Muddled . Stupid . Ignorant . Variant Of 暗[An4]
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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