Chinese Character 窝 Meanings and components.

Form

窝

Meaning

窝 meaning[3] in English

Nest.

Pit Or Hollow On The Human Body.

Lair.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 窝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , and surname Guo (呙)

Its radical[1] is: 穴 (xue2) which means: Cave, Cavity, Hole, Acupuncture Point, Taiwan Pr. [Xue4], .穴xue2cave

In cangjie it is written with JCROB

How to write 窝

To write窝wo1nest you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 呙guo1surname Guo arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 呙 = 窝

窝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

窝
Pinyin:wo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Nest . Pit Or Hollow On The Human Body . Lair . Den . Place . To Harbor Or Shelter . To Hold In Check . To Bend . Classifier For Litters And Broods
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
呙
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
内
Pinyin:nei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Inside . Inner . Internal . Within . Interior
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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