Chinese Character 哑 Meanings and components.

Form

哑

Meaning

哑 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) Sound Of Cawing.

Sound Of Infant Learning To Talk.

Variant Of 呀[Ya1].

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Main Components

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

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 RMTC

How to write 哑

To write哑ya3(onom.) sound … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 亚ya4Asia arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 亚 = 哑

哑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哑
Pinyin:ya3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Sound Of Cawing . Sound Of Infant Learning To Talk . Variant Of 呀[Ya1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
亚
Pinyin:ya4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Asia . Asian . Taiwan Pr. [Ya3]

Notes

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

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

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