Chinese Character 鞭 Meanings and components.

Form

鞭

Meaning

鞭 meaning[3] in English

Whip Or Lash.

To Flog.

To Whip.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鞭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are animal hide (革) , and plain (便)

Its radical[1] is: 革 (ge2) which means: Animal Hide, Leather, To Reform, To Remove, To Expel (From Office), .革ge2animal hide

In cangjie it is written with TJOMK

How to write 鞭

To write鞭bian1whip or … you should write a combination of 革ge2animal hide , 便bian4plain arranged in a 吅 shape:

革 + 便 = 鞭

鞭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鞭
Pinyin:bian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Whip Or Lash . To Flog . To Whip . Conductor'S Baton . Segmented Iron Weapon (Old) . Penis (Of Animal, Served As Food)
革
Pinyin:ge2
Meaning[3]: Animal Hide . Leather . To Reform . To Remove . To Expel (From Office)
便
Pinyin:bian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Plain . Informal . Suitable . Convenient . Opportune . To Urinate Or Defecate . Equivalent To 就[Jiu4]: Then . In That Case . Even If . Soon Afterwards
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
更
Pinyin:geng4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Change Or Replace . To Experience . One Of The Five Two-Hour Periods Into Which The Night Was Formerly Divided . Watch (E.G. Of A Sentry Or Guard)

Notes

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

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

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