Chinese Character 蜊 Meanings and components.

Form

蜊

Meaning

蜊 meaning[3] in English

Clam.

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Main Components

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

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 LIHDN

How to write 蜊

To write蜊li2clam you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 利li4surname Li arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 利 = 蜊

蜊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蜊
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Clam
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
利
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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