Chinese Character 狈 Meanings and components.

Form

狈

Meaning

狈 meaning[3] in English

A Legendary Wolf.

Distressed.

Wretched.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and surname Bei (贝)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHBO

How to write 狈

To write狈bei4a legendary … you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 贝 = 狈

狈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狈
Pinyin:bei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Legendary Wolf . Distressed . Wretched
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
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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