Chinese Character 蝸 Meanings and components.

Form

蝸

Meaning

蝸 meaning[3] in English

Snail.

Taiwan Pr. [Gua1].

See 蝸牛|蜗牛[Wo1 Niu2].

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Main Components

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

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 LIBBR

How to write 蝸

To write蝸wo1snail you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 咼guo1surname Guo arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 咼 = 蝸

蝸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蝸
Pinyin:wo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Snail . Taiwan Pr. [Gua1] . See 蝸牛|蜗牛[Wo1 Niu2]
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
咼
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
冎
Pinyin:gua3 Shape:一
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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