CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

男

 

 

7 strokes ( 田 )

ㄋㄢ2 (nan2)

nán

 

男 = boy, male, man; son; baron; surname => pictographic associative compound of a person who works the field 田 (radical 102) using strength 力 (radical 19)

related: 田 , 力 , 女

 

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