殮 meaning and stroke order

liàn

To dress a corpse for burial

Strokes17
Pinyinliàn
ToneTone 4

How to write 殮, stroke by stroke

17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 殮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

liànfourth tone (falling)
  1. to prepare a dead body for coffin

How 殮 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Corpse.

歹 gives the meaning and 僉 hints at the sound.

Radical: 歹 (corpse), shared by 29 characters on this site.

Questions about 殮

How many strokes are in 殮?

殮 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 殮 mean?

殮 (liàn) means to dress a corpse for burial.

How do you pronounce 殮?

殮 is pronounced liàn, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 殮?

The radical of 殮 is 歹, which carries the idea of "corpse". Dictionaries list 殮 under this radical.

What is the simplified form of 殮?

殮 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 殓, used in mainland China and Singapore.