Chinese Character 狡 Meanings and components.

Form

狡

Meaning

狡 meaning[3] in English

Crafty.

Cunning.

Sly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and to hand over (交)

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

In cangjie it is written with KHYCK

How to write 狡

To write狡jiao3crafty you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 交 = 狡

狡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狡
Pinyin:jiao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Crafty . Cunning . Sly
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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