Chinese Character 猊 Meanings and components.

Form

猊

Meaning

猊 meaning[3] in English

(Mythical Animal).

Lion.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHHXU

How to write 猊

To write猊ni2(mythical animal) you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 兒er2child arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 兒 = 猊

猊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

猊
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Mythical Animal) . Lion
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
兒
Pinyin:er2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Child . Son
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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