Chinese Character 噛 Meanings and components.

Form

噛

Meaning

噛 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 嚙|啮[Nie4].

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Main Components

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

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 噛

To write噛nie4old variant … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 歯chi3Japanese variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 歯 = 噛

噛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

噛
Pinyin:nie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 嚙|啮[Nie4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
歯
Pinyin:chi3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 齒|齿

Notes

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

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

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