Chinese Character 嘯 Meanings and components.

Form

嘯

Meaning

嘯 meaning[3] in English

To Hiss.

To Whistle.

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Main Components

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

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 RLX

How to write 嘯

To write嘯xiao4to hiss you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 肅su4surname Su arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 肅 = 嘯

嘯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘯
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hiss . To Whistle
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
肅
Pinyin:su4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Su
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
𣶒
Pinyin:𣶒5 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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