Chinese Character 掺 Meanings and components.

Form

掺

Meaning

掺 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 攙|搀[Chan1].

To Mix.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 掺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and variant of 參|参[can1] (参)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QIKH

How to write 掺

To write掺can4variant of … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 参can1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 参 = 掺

掺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掺
Pinyin:can4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 攙|搀[Chan1] . To Mix
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
参
Pinyin:can1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 參|参[Can1]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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