Chinese Character 狽 Meanings and components.

Form

狽

Meaning

狽 meaning[3] in English

A Legendary Wolf.

Distressed.

Wretched.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHBUC

How to write 狽

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

犭 + 貝 = 狽

狽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狽
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]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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