Chinese Character 蜇 Meanings and components.

Form

蜇

Meaning

蜇 meaning[3] in English

To Sting.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蜇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to break (e.g. … (折) , 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 QLLMI

How to write 蜇

To write蜇zhe1to sting you should write a combination of 折zhe2to break … , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

折 + 虫 = 蜇

蜇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蜇
Pinyin:zhe1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sting
折
Pinyin:zhe2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Break (E.G. Stick Or Bone) . A Loss
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
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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