Chinese Character 蚤 Meanings and components.

Form

蚤

Meaning

蚤 meaning[3] in English

Flea.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蚤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are fork (叉) , 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 EILMI

How to write 蚤

To write蚤zao3flea you should write a combination of 叉cha1fork , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

叉 + 虫 = 蚤

蚤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚤
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flea
叉
Pinyin:cha1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fork . Pitchfork . Prong . Pick . Cross . Intersect . 'X'
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
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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