Chinese Character 啮 Meanings and components.

Form

啮

Meaning

啮 meaning[3] in English

To Gnaw.

To Erode.

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Main Components

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

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 RYMU

How to write 啮

To write啮nie4to gnaw you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 齿chi3tooth arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 齿 = 啮

啮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

啮
Pinyin:nie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gnaw . To Erode
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
齿
Pinyin:chi3
Meaning[3]: Tooth . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1]

Notes

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

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

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