Chinese Character 狸 Meanings and components.

Form

狸

Meaning

狸 meaning[3] in English

Raccoon Dog.

Fox-Like Animal.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狸 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and variant of 裡|里[li3] (里)

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

In cangjie it is written with KHWG

How to write 狸

To write狸li2raccoon dog you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 里li3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 里 = 狸

狸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狸
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Raccoon Dog . Fox-Like Animal
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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