Chinese Character 狮 Meanings and components.

Form

狮

Meaning

狮 meaning[3] in English

Lion.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHLLB

How to write 狮

To write狮shi1lion you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 师shi1surname Shi arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 师 = 狮

狮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狮
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lion
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
师
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]
帀
Pinyin:za1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 匝[Za1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
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]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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