Chinese Character 蛸 Meanings and components.

Form

蛸

Meaning

蛸 meaning[3] in English

Long-Legged Spider.

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Main Components

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

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 LIFB

How to write 蛸

To write蛸shao1long-legged spider you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 肖xiao4surname Xiao arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 肖 = 蛸

蛸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛸
Pinyin:shao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Long-Legged Spider
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
肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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