Chinese Character 猖 Meanings and components.

Form

猖

Meaning

猖 meaning[3] in English

Ferocious.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHAA

How to write 猖

To write猖chang1ferocious you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 昌chang1surname Chang arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 昌 = 猖

猖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

猖
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ferocious
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
昌
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Chang
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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