Chinese Character 龕 Meanings and components.

Form

龕

Meaning

龕 meaning[3] in English

Niche.

Shrine.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 龕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 100 ml (合) , and surname Long (龍)

Its radical[1] is: 龍 (long2) which means: Surname Long, .龍long2surname Long

In cangjie it is written with ORYBP

How to write 龕

To write龕kan1niche you should write a combination of 合he2100 ml , 龍long2surname Long arranged in a 吕 shape:

合 + 龍 = 龕

龕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

龕
Pinyin:kan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Niche . Shrine
合
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 100 Ml . One-Tenth Of A Peck . Measure For Dry Grain Equal To One-Tenth Of Sheng 升 Or Liter, Or One-Hundredth Dou 斗
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
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
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
龍
Pinyin:long2
Meaning[3]: Surname Long

Notes

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

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

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