Chinese Character 虯 Meanings and components.

Form

虯

Meaning

虯 meaning[3] in English

Young Dragon With Horns.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 虯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and archaic variant of … (丩)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with LIVL

How to write 虯

To write虯qiu2young dragon … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 丩jiu1archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 丩 = 虯

虯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

虯
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Young Dragon With Horns
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
丩
Pinyin:jiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 糾|纠[Jiu1]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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