Chinese Character 鯤 Meanings and components.

Form

鯤

Meaning

鯤 meaning[3] in English

Fry (Newly Hatched Fish).

Legendary Giant Fish That Could Transform Into A Giant Bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鯤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and variant of 崑|昆[kun1] (昆)

Its radical[1] is: 魚 (yu2) which means: Surname Yu, .魚yu2surname Yu

In cangjie it is written with NFAPP

How to write 鯤

To write鯤kun1fry (newly … you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 昆kun1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 昆 = 鯤

鯤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鯤
Pinyin:kun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fry (Newly Hatched Fish) . Legendary Giant Fish That Could Transform Into A Giant Bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
昆
Pinyin:kun1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 崑|昆[Kun1]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
比
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Belgium . Belgian . Abbr. For 比利時|比利时[Bi3 Li4 Shi2]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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