Chinese Character 螟 Meanings and components.

Form

螟

Meaning

螟 meaning[3] in English

Boring Insect.

Snout Moth's Larva (Aphomia Gullaris Or Plodia Interpuncuella Or Heliothus Armigera Etc), Major Agricultural Pest.

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Main Components

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

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 LIBAC

How to write 螟

To write螟ming2boring insect you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 冥ming2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 冥 = 螟

螟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

螟
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Boring Insect . Snout Moth'S Larva (Aphomia Gullaris Or Plodia Interpuncuella Or Heliothus Armigera Etc), Major Agricultural Pest
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
冥
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 冥[Ming2]
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
昗
Pinyin:ze4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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