Chinese Character 嚼 Meanings and components.

Form

嚼

Meaning

嚼 meaning[3] in English

To Chew.

Also Pr. [Jue2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嚼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and ancient bronze wine … (爵)

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 RBWI

How to write 嚼

To write嚼jue2to chew you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 爵jue2ancient bronze … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 爵 = 嚼

嚼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嚼
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Chew . Also Pr. [Jue2]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
爵
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ancient Bronze Wine Holder With 3 Legs And Loop Handle . Nobility
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
?
Pinyin:?
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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