Chinese Character 蓼 Meanings and components.

Form

蓼

Meaning

蓼 meaning[3] in English

Polygonum.

Smartweed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蓼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and the sound of … (翏)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TSMH

How to write 蓼

To write蓼liao3polygonum you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 翏liu4the sound … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 翏 = 蓼

蓼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蓼
Pinyin:liao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Polygonum . Smartweed
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
翏
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Sound Of The Wind . To Soar
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
㐱
Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吕
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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