Chinese Character 蚣 Meanings and components.

Form

蚣

Meaning

蚣 meaning[3] in English

Scolopendra Centipede.

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Main Components

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

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 LICI

How to write 蚣

To write蚣gong1scolopendra centipede you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 公gong1public arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 公 = 蚣

蚣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚣
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scolopendra Centipede
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
公
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Public . Collectively Owned . Common . International (E.G. High Seas, Metric System, Calendar) . Make Public . Fair . Just . Duke, Highest Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Honorable (Gentlemen) . Father-In-Law . Male (Animal)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

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