Chinese Character 馅 Meanings and components.

Form

馅

Meaning

馅 meaning[3] in English

Stuffing.

Forcemeat.

Filling.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 馅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'to eat' or … (饣) , and pitfall (臽)

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

In cangjie it is written with NVNHX

How to write 馅

To write馅xian4stuffing you should write a combination of 饣shi2'to eat' … , 臽xian4pitfall arranged in a 吅 shape:

饣 + 臽 = 馅

馅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

馅
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Stuffing . Forcemeat . Filling
饣
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: 'To Eat' Or 'Food' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 184)
臽
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pitfall . Trap (Archaic)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Notes

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

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

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