Chinese Character 蛊 Meanings and components.
Form
蛊
Meaning
- 蛊 meaning[3] in English
Arch. Legendary Venomous Insect.
To Poison.
To Bewitch.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蛊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and dish (皿)
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
In cangjie it is written with LIBT
How to write 蛊
To write蛊 you should write a combination of 虫 , 皿 arranged in a 吕 shape:
虫 + 皿 = 蛊
蛊 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 蛊 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蛊, looks as follow:
蛊
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Arch. Legendary Venomous Insect . To Poison . To Bewitch . To Drive To Insanity . To Harm By Witchcraft . Intestinal Parasite