Chinese Character 獵 Meanings and components.

Form

獵

Meaning

獵 meaning[3] in English

Hunting.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHVVV

How to write 獵

To write獵lie4hunting you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 巤lie4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 巤 = 獵

獵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

獵
Pinyin:lie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hunting
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
巤
Pinyin:lie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 鬣[Lie4]
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
鼠
Pinyin:shu3
Meaning[3]: Rat . Mouse . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1]
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Pinyin:?

Notes

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

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

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