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Word and Radical Components of 图书馆

The Chinese word 图书馆 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
图书馆 1. Simplified form of 圖書館

图书馆 ⇨ 图 + 书 + 馆
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 圖
1. Simplified form of 書
1. Simplified form of 館

图 ⇨ 囗 + 冬
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. enclosure
2. Variant of 圍
3. Variant of 國
4. Simplified form of 口
dōng 1. winter
2. (Cantonese) winter solstice
     做冬 - to celebrate the winter solstice with a dinner
     冬大過年 - the winter solstice is more important than Chinese New Year
3. (Min Nan) year
4. (zh-div, 日) (telegraphy) the second day of a month
5. Alternative form of 咚 (bang; thud)
6. Simplified form of 鼕

馆 ⇨ 饣 + 官
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. eat
2. Simplified form of 飠
guān 1. government official, public servant
     官員 - official
     做官 - to hold an official position
     外交官 - diplomat
2. governmental; official
     官辦 - government-run; operated by official bodies
     官方 - official; authoritative; approved
3. public; communal
     (syn, zh, , 公共, 公用)
     (ant, zh, )
4. organ (part of a body)
     (syn, zh, 器官)
     五官 - the five sense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue)

冬 ⇨ 夂 + ⺀
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhǐ 1. go
2. Variant of 終
3. Variant of 夊
4. usage. As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 冬字頭.
1.

官 ⇨ 宀 + 㠯
Component Pinyin Meanings
mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
1. Variant of 以