Chinese Character 娲 Meanings and components.

Form

娲

Meaning

娲 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wa.

Sister Of Legendary Emperor Fu Xi 伏羲.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VROB

How to write 娲

To write娲wa1surname Wa you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 呙guo1surname Guo arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 呙 = 娲

娲 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

娲
Pinyin:wa1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Wa . Sister Of Legendary Emperor Fu Xi 伏羲
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
呙
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
内
Pinyin:nei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Inside . Inner . Internal . Within . Interior
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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