Chinese Character 靛 Meanings and components.

Form

靛

Meaning

靛 meaning[3] in English

Indigo Pigment.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 靛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 青海[Qing1 … (青) , and to set (定)

Its radical[1] is: 靑 (qing1) which means: Variant Of 青[Qing1], .靑qing1variant of …

In cangjie it is written with QBJMO

How to write 靛

To write靛dian4indigo pigment you should write a combination of 青qing1abbr. for … , 定ding4to set arranged in a 吅 shape:

青 + 定 = 靛

靛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

靛
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Indigo Pigment
青
Pinyin:qing1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 青海[Qing1 Hai3], Qinghai Province
龶
Pinyin:龶5
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Occurring In 青, 毒, 素 Etc . See Also 青字頭|青字头[Qing1 Zi4 Tou2]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
定
Pinyin:ding4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Set . To Fix . To Determine . To Decide . To Order
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
𤴓
Pinyin:ya3

Notes

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

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

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