Chinese Character 蚝 Meanings and components.

Form

蚝

Meaning

蚝 meaning[3] in English

Oyster.

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Main Components

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

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 LIHQU

How to write 蚝

To write蚝hao2oyster you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 毛mao2surname Mao arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 毛 = 蚝

蚝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚝
Pinyin:hao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Oyster
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
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

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

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

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