Chinese Character 蛟 Meanings and components.

Form

蛟

Meaning

蛟 meaning[3] in English

A Legendary Dragon With The Ability To Control Rain And Floods.

See Also 蛟龍|蛟龙[Jiao1 Long2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蛟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and to hand over (交)

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 LIYCK

How to write 蛟

To write蛟jiao1a legendary … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 交 = 蛟

蛟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛟
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Legendary Dragon With The Ability To Control Rain And Floods . See Also 蛟龍|蛟龙[Jiao1 Long2]
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
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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