Chinese Character 啃 Meanings and components.

Form

啃

Meaning

啃 meaning[3] in English

To Gnaw.

To Nibble.

To Bite.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 啃 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and old variant of … (肯)

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 RYMB

How to write 啃

To write啃ken3to gnaw you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 肯ken3old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 肯 = 啃

啃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

啃
Pinyin:ken3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gnaw . To Nibble . To Bite
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
肯
Pinyin:ken3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 肯[Ken3]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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