Chinese Character 蛞 Meanings and components.

Form

蛞

Meaning

蛞 meaning[3] in English

Snail.

Slug.

Mole Cricket.

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Main Components

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

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 LIHJR

How to write 蛞

To write蛞kuo4snail you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 舌she2tongue arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 舌 = 蛞

蛞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛞
Pinyin:kuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Snail . Slug . Mole Cricket
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
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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