Chinese Character 馋 Meanings and components.

Form

馋

Meaning

馋 meaning[3] in English

Gluttonous.

Greedy.

To Have A Craving.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 馋 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'to eat' or … (饣) , to excuse sb (免) , and 'ice' radical in … (冫)

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

In cangjie it is written with NVNUY

How to write 馋

To write馋chan2gluttonous you should write a combination of 饣shi2'to eat' … , 免mian3to excuse … 冫bing1'ice' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

饣 + 免 + 冫 = 馋

馋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

馋
Pinyin:chan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Gluttonous . Greedy . To Have A Craving
饣
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: 'To Eat' Or 'Food' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 184)
免
Pinyin:mian3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Excuse Sb . To Exempt . To Remove Or Dismiss From Office . To Avoid . To Avert . To Escape . To Be Prohibited
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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