Chinese Character 鹹 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

鹹 meaning[3] in English

Salted.

Salty.

Stingy.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are alkaline soil (鹵) , and surname Xian (咸)

Its radical[1] is: (lu3) which means: Alkaline Soil, Salt, Brine, Halogen (Chemistry), Crass, Stupid, .lu3alkaline soil

In cangjie it is written with YWIHR

How to write 鹹

To writexian2salted you should write a combination of lu3alkaline soil , xian2surname Xian arranged in a shape:

+ =

鹹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:xian2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Salted . Salty . Stingy . Miserly

Pinyin:lu3
Meaning[3]: Alkaline Soil . Salt . Brine . Halogen (Chemistry) . Crass . Stupid

Pinyin:xian2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Xian

Pinyin:xu1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]

Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge

Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 鹹in English or Chinese