Chinese Character 嘥 Meanings and components.

Form

嘥

Meaning

嘥 meaning[3] in English

To Waste (Cantonese).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嘥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and (literary) to change … (徙)

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 RHOO

How to write 嘥

To write嘥sai1to waste … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 徙xi3(literary) to … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 徙 = 嘥

嘥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘥
Pinyin:sai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Waste (Cantonese)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
徙
Pinyin:xi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Change One'S Residence
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
歨
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 步[Bu4]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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