Chinese Character 嗆 Meanings and components.

Form

嗆

Meaning

嗆 meaning[3] in English

To Choke (Because Of Swallowing The Wrong Way).

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Main Components

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

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 ROIR

How to write 嗆

To write嗆qiang1to choke … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 倉cang1barn arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 倉 = 嗆

嗆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嗆
Pinyin:qiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Choke (Because Of Swallowing The Wrong Way)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
倉
Pinyin:cang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Barn . Granary . Storehouse . Cabin . Hold (In Ship)
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

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

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

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