Chinese Character 妖 Meanings and components.

Form

妖

Meaning

妖 meaning[3] in English

Goblin.

Witch.

Devil.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and tender (夭)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VHK

How to write 妖

To write妖yao1goblin you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 夭yao1tender arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 夭 = 妖

妖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

妖
Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Goblin . Witch . Devil . Bewitching . Enchanting . Monster . Phantom . Demon
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
夭
Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tender . Gentle . To Die Prematurely
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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