Chinese Character 虐 Meanings and components.

Form

虐

Meaning

虐 meaning[3] in English

Oppressive.

Tyrannical.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 虐 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are stripes of a … (虍) , 'right open box' … (匚) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: 虍 (hu1) which means: Stripes Of A Tiger, 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141), .虍hu1stripes of …

In cangjie it is written with YPSM

How to write 虐

To write虐nve4oppressive you should write a combination of 虍hu1stripes of … , 匚fang1'right open … 一yi1one arranged in a 吕 shape:

虍 + 匚 + 一 = 虐

虐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

虐
Pinyin:nve4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Oppressive . Tyrannical
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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