Chinese Character 孬 Meanings and components.

Form

孬

Meaning

孬 meaning[3] in English

(Dialect) No Good.

(Contraction Of 不 And 好).

See 孬種|孬种[Nao1 Zhong3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 孬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (negative prefix) (不) , and good (好)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with MFVND

How to write 孬

To write孬nao1(dialect) no … you should write a combination of 不bu4(negative prefix) , 好hao3good arranged in a 吕 shape:

不 + 好 = 孬

孬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

孬
Pinyin:nao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Dialect) No Good . (Contraction Of 不 And 好) . See 孬種|孬种[Nao1 Zhong3]
不
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Negative Prefix) . Not . No
好
Pinyin:hao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Good . Well . Proper . Good To . Easy To . Very . So . (Suffix Indicating Completion Or Readiness) . (Of Two People) Close . On Intimate Terms . (After A Personal Pronoun) Hello
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

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

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

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