Chinese Character 蛇 Meanings and components.

Form

蛇

Meaning

蛇 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 蛇[She2].

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Main Components

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

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 LIJP

How to write 蛇

To write蛇she2variant of … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 它ta1it arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 它 = 蛇

蛇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛇
Pinyin:she2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 蛇[She2]
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
它
Pinyin:ta1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: It
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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