Chinese Character 蛰 Meanings and components.

Form

蛰

Meaning

蛰 meaning[3] in English

To Hibernate.

View more meanings of 蛰 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蛰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to execute (a … (执) , 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 QILMI

How to write 蛰

To write蛰zhe2to hibernate you should write a combination of 执zhi2to execute … , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

执 + 虫 = 蛰

蛰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛰
Pinyin:zhe2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hibernate
执
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Execute (A Plan) . To Grasp
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
丸
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
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

  • Wiktionary Page for 蛰in English or Chinese