Chinese Character 妪 Meanings and components.

Form

妪

Meaning

妪 meaning[3] in English

Old Woman.

To Brood Over.

To Protect.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VSK

How to write 妪

To write妪yu4old woman you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 区qu1surname Ou arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 区 = 妪

妪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

妪
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Woman . To Brood Over . To Protect
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
区
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Ou
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

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

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

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