Chinese Character 蜗 Meanings and components.

Form

蜗

Meaning

蜗 meaning[3] in English

Snail.

Taiwan Pr. [Gua1].

See 蝸牛|蜗牛[Wo1 Niu2].

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Main Components

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

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 LIROB

How to write 蜗

To write蜗wo1snail you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 呙guo1surname Guo arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 呙 = 蜗

蜗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蜗
Pinyin:wo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Snail . Taiwan Pr. [Gua1] . See 蝸牛|蜗牛[Wo1 Niu2]
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
呙
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
内
Pinyin:nei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Inside . Inner . Internal . Within . Interior
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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