Chinese Character 猱 Meanings and components.

Form

猱

Meaning

猱 meaning[3] in English

Macaque (Zoology).

Brisk And Nimble.

To Scratch.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHNHD

How to write 猱

To write猱nao2macaque (zoology) you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 柔rou2soft arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 柔 = 猱

猱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

猱
Pinyin:nao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Macaque (Zoology) . Brisk And Nimble . To Scratch
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
柔
Pinyin:rou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Soft . Flexible . Supple . Yielding . Rho (Greek Letter Ρρ)
矛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Spear . Lance . Pike
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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