Chinese Character 蜷 Meanings and components.

Form

蜷

Meaning

蜷 meaning[3] in English

To Curl Up (Like A Scroll).

To Huddle.

Melania Libertina.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蜷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and to roll up (卷)

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 LIFQU

How to write 蜷

To write蜷quan2to curl … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 卷juan3to roll … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 卷 = 蜷

蜷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蜷
Pinyin:quan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Curl Up (Like A Scroll) . To Huddle . Melania Libertina . Wriggle (As A Worm)
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
卷
Pinyin:juan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Roll Up . Roll . Classifier For Small Rolled Things (Wad Of Paper Money, Movie Reel Etc)
龹
Pinyin:龹5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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