Chinese Character 嘬 Meanings and components.

Form

嘬

Meaning

嘬 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) To Gnaw.

To Eat Ravenously.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嘬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and variant of 最[zui4] (最)

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 RASE

How to write 嘬

To write嘬chuai4(literary) to … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 最zui4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 最 = 嘬

嘬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘬
Pinyin:chuai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Gnaw . To Eat Ravenously
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
最
Pinyin:zui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 最[Zui4]
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
取
Pinyin:qu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Take . To Get . To Choose . To Fetch
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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