Chinese Character 蚶 Meanings and components.

Form

蚶

Meaning

蚶 meaning[3] in English

Small Clam (Arca Inflata).

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Main Components

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

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 LITM

How to write 蚶

To write蚶han1small clam … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 甘gan1surname Gan arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 甘 = 蚶

蚶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蚶
Pinyin:han1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Small Clam (Arca Inflata)
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
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]

Notes

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

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

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