Chinese Character 蛮 Meanings and components.

Form

蛮

Meaning

蛮 meaning[3] in English

Barbarian.

Bullying.

Very.

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Main Components

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

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 YCLMI

How to write 蛮

To write蛮man2barbarian you should write a combination of 亦yi4also , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

亦 + 虫 = 蛮

蛮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛮
Pinyin:man2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Barbarian . Bullying . Very . Quite . Rough . Reckless
亦
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Also
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

Notes

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

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

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