Chinese Character 蛹 Meanings and components.

Form

蛹

Meaning

蛹 meaning[3] in English

Chrysalis.

Pupa.

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Main Components

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

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 LINIB

How to write 蛹

To write蛹yong3chrysalis you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 甬yong3the Yongjiang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 甬 = 蛹

蛹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蛹
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Chrysalis . Pupa
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
甬
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Yongjiang River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] Through Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 Bo1] . Abbr. For Ningbo
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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