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Word and Radical Components of 柠檬

The Chinese word 柠檬 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
柠檬 1. Simplified form of 檸檬

柠檬 ⇨ 柠 + 檬
Component Pinyin Meanings
柠 1. Variant of 楮
2. Variant of 杼
3. Variant of 檸
檬 méng 1. Used in 檸檬 (lemon)
2. bún (Vietnamese dish)

柠 ⇨ 木 + 宁
Component Pinyin Meanings
木 mù 1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms: 樹
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
     這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
     她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
宁 zhù 1. (historical) space between the door and the entrance screen, or between the two side houses in the main entrance
2. Original form of 貯* (to store; to accumulate; to gather)
3. Original form of 佇* (to stand for a long time)
4. usage. As a phonetic component, reduced to 寧*.
5. Simplified form of 寧
6. Simplified form of 甯

檬 ⇨ 木 + 蒙
Component Pinyin Meanings
木 mù 1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms: 樹
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
     這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
     她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
蒙 měng, méng 1. Short for 蒙古, Mongolia Specifically, it can mean the country of Mongolia, or Inner Mongolia of China, or terms related to Mongols.
     中 蒙měng 邊界 - Sino-Mongolian border
     滿 蒙měng 聯姻 - Intermarriage between Manchus and Mongols
2. Simplified form of 濛
3. Simplified form of 懞
4. Simplified form of 矇

宁 ⇨ 宀 + 丁
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 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.
丁 dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     撈lou1丁 -
     丁 肇-中 - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. Only used in 丁丁
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪

蒙 ⇨ 艹 + 冡
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
冡 méng 1. to cover; Alternative form of 蒙 (-)