Chinese Character 螞 Meanings and components.

Form

螞

Meaning

螞 meaning[3] in English

Dragonfly.

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Main Components

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

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 LISQF

How to write 螞

To write螞ma3dragonfly you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 馬ma3surname Ma arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 馬 = 螞

螞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

螞
Pinyin:ma3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dragonfly
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
馬
Pinyin:ma3
Meaning[3]: Surname Ma . Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4]

Notes

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

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

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