Chinese Character 阍 Meanings and components.

Form

阍

Meaning

阍 meaning[3] in English

Doorkeeper.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 阍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (门) , and muddle-headed (昏)

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

In cangjie it is written with LSHPA

How to write 阍

To write阍hun1doorkeeper you should write a combination of 门men2surname Men , 昏hun1muddle-headed arranged in a 回 shape:

门 + 昏 = 阍

阍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

阍
Pinyin:hun1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Doorkeeper
门
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
昏
Pinyin:hun1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Muddle-Headed . Twilight . To Faint . To Lose Consciousness
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name
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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