Chinese Character 蚁 Meanings and components.

Form

蚁

Meaning

蚁 meaning[3] in English

Ant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蚁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and surname Yi (义)

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 LIIK

How to write 蚁

To write蚁yi3ant you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 义yi4surname Yi arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 义 = 蚁

蚁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚁
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ant
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
义
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi . (Tw) Abbr. For 義大利|义大利[Yi4 Da4 Li4], Italy
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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