Chinese Character 蚕 Meanings and components.

Form

蚕

Meaning

蚕 meaning[3] in English

Silkworm.

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Main Components

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

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 MKLMI

How to write 蚕

To write蚕can2silkworm you should write a combination of 天tian1day , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

天 + 虫 = 蚕

蚕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚕
Pinyin:can2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Silkworm
天
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven
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
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
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

Notes

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

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

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