Chinese Character 獒 Meanings and components.

Form

獒

Meaning

獒 meaning[3] in English

Mastiff.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 獒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Ao (敖) , and dog (犬)

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

In cangjie it is written with QKIK

How to write 獒

To write獒ao2mastiff you should write a combination of 敖ao2surname Ao , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吕 shape:

敖 + 犬 = 獒

獒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

獒
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mastiff
敖
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Ao
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
方
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang
攵
Pinyin:pu1
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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