Chinese Character 蝴 Meanings and components.

Form

蝴

Meaning

蝴 meaning[3] in English

Butterfly.

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Main Components

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

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 LIJRB

How to write 蝴

To write蝴hu2butterfly you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 胡hu2surname Hu arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 胡 = 蝴

蝴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蝴
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Butterfly
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
胡
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hu
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 蝴in English or Chinese