Chinese Character 飧 Meanings and components.

Form

飧

Meaning

飧 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) Supper.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 飧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are dusk (夕) , and to eat (食)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with NIOIV

How to write 飧

To write飧sun1(literary) supper you should write a combination of 夕xi1dusk , 食shi2to eat arranged in a 吅 shape:

夕 + 食 = 飧

飧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

飧
Pinyin:sun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) Supper
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

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

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

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