Chinese Character 馨 Meanings and components.

Form

馨

Meaning

馨 meaning[3] in English

Fragrant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 馨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 磬[qing4] (殸) , and fragrant (香)

Its radical[1] is: 香 (xiang1) which means: Fragrant, Sweet Smelling, Aromatic, Savory Or Appetizing, (To Eat) With Relish, (Of Sleep) Sound, Perfume Or Spice, Joss Or Incense Stick, Cl:根[Gen1], .香xiang1fragrant

In cangjie it is written with GEHDA

How to write 馨

To write馨xin1fragrant you should write a combination of 殸qing4variant of … , 香xiang1fragrant arranged in a 吕 shape:

殸 + 香 = 馨

馨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

馨
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Fragrant
殸
Pinyin:qing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 磬[Qing4]
声
Pinyin:sheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Sound . Voice . Tone . Noise . Reputation . Classifier For Sounds
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
𠃜
Pinyin:𠃜5 Shape:+
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
香
Pinyin:xiang1
Meaning[3]: Fragrant . Sweet Smelling . Aromatic . Savory Or Appetizing . (To Eat) With Relish . (Of Sleep) Sound . Perfume Or Spice . Joss Or Incense Stick . Cl:根[Gen1]
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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