Chinese Character 狻 Meanings and components.

Form

狻

Meaning

狻 meaning[3] in English

(Mythical Animal).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHICE

How to write 狻

To write狻suan1(mythical animal) you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 夋qun1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 夋 = 狻

狻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狻
Pinyin:suan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Mythical Animal)
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
夋
Pinyin:qun1 Shape:吕
允
Pinyin:yun3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Just . Fair . To Permit . To Allow
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]

Notes

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

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

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