Chinese Character 蝦 Meanings and components.

Form

蝦

Meaning

蝦 meaning[3] in English

See 蝦蟆|虾蟆[Ha2 Ma5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蝦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and variant of 假[jia3] (叚)

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 LIRSE

How to write 蝦

To write蝦xia1see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 叚jia3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 叚 = 蝦

蝦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蝦
Pinyin:xia1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 蝦蟆|虾蟆[Ha2 Ma5]
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
叚
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 假[Jia3] . To Borrow

Notes

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

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

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