Chinese Character 痿 Meanings and components.

Form

痿

Meaning

痿 meaning[3] in English

Atrophy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 痿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and surname Wei (委)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KHDV

How to write 痿

To write痿wei3atrophy you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 委wei3surname Wei arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 委 = 痿

痿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

痿
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Atrophy
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
委
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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