Chinese Character 舐 Meanings and components.

Form

舐

Meaning

舐 meaning[3] in English

To Lick.

To Lap (Up).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tongue (舌) , and clan name (氏)

Its radical[1] is: 舌 (she2) which means: Tongue, .舌she2tongue

In cangjie it is written with HRHVP

How to write 舐

To write舐shi4to lick you should write a combination of 舌she2tongue , 氏shi4clan name arranged in a 吅 shape:

舌 + 氏 = 舐

舐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

舐
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lick . To Lap (Up)
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name

Notes

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

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

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