Chinese Character 咬 Meanings and components.

Form

咬

Meaning

咬 meaning[3] in English

To Bite.

To Nip.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to hand over (交)

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 RYCK

How to write 咬

To write咬yao3to bite you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 交 = 咬

咬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咬
Pinyin:yao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Bite . To Nip
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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