Chinese Character 猬 Meanings and components.

Form

猬

Meaning

猬 meaning[3] in English

Hedgehog (Family Erinaceidae).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHWB

How to write 猬

To write猬wei4hedgehog (family … you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 胃wei4stomach arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 胃 = 猬

猬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

猬
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hedgehog (Family Erinaceidae)
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
胃
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Stomach . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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