Chinese Character 癆 Meanings and components.

Form

癆

Meaning

癆 meaning[3] in English

Tuberculosis.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 癆 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and to toil (勞)

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 KFFS

How to write 癆

To write癆lao2tuberculosis you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 勞lao2to toil arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 勞 = 癆

癆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

癆
Pinyin:lao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tuberculosis
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
勞
Pinyin:lao2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Toil . Labor . Laborer . To Put Sb To Trouble (Of Doing Sth) . Meritorious Deed . To Console (Taiwan Pr. [Lao4] For This Sense)
炏
Pinyin:kai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 炎[Yan2]
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

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

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

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