Chinese Character 蜱 Meanings and components.

Form

蜱

Meaning

蜱 meaning[3] in English

Tick (Zoology).

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Main Components

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

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 LIHWJ

How to write 蜱

To write蜱pi2tick (zoology) you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 卑bei1low arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 卑 = 蜱

蜱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蜱
Pinyin:pi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Tick (Zoology)
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
卑
Pinyin:bei1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Low . Base . Vulgar . Inferior . Humble

Notes

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

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

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