Chinese Character 吠 Meanings and components.

Form

吠

Meaning

吠 meaning[3] in English

To Bark.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RIK

How to write 吠

To write吠fei4to bark you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 犬 = 吠

吠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吠
Pinyin:fei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Bark
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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