Chinese Character 蝘 Meanings and components.

Form

蝘

Meaning

蝘 meaning[3] in English

Hemidactylus Bowringii.

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Main Components

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

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 LISAV

How to write 蝘

To write蝘yan3Hemidactylus bowringii you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 匽yan3to hide, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 匽 = 蝘

蝘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蝘
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hemidactylus Bowringii
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
匽
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Hide, To Secrete, To Repress . To Bend
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
妟
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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