Chinese Character 嫗 Meanings and components.

Form

嫗

Meaning

嫗 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 嫗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and surname Ou (區)

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

In cangjie it is written with VSRR

How to write 嫗

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

女 + 區 = 嫗

嫗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嫗
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Woman . To Brood Over . To Protect
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
區
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
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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