Chinese Character 曩 Meanings and components.

Form

曩

Meaning

曩 meaning[3] in English

In Former Times.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 曩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and surname Xiang (襄)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AYRV

How to write 曩

To write曩nang3in former … you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 襄xiang1surname Xiang arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 襄 = 曩

曩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

曩
Pinyin:nang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: In Former Times
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
襄
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch

Notes

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

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

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