Chinese Character 螭 Meanings and components.
Form
螭
Meaning
- 螭 meaning[3] in English
Dragon With Horns Not Yet Grown (In Myth Or Heraldry).
Variant Of 魑[Chi1].
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 螭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and mythical beast (archaic) (离)
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
In cangjie it is written with LIYUB
How to write 螭
To write螭 you should write a combination of 虫 , 离 arranged in a 吅 shape:
虫 + 离 = 螭
螭 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 螭 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 螭, looks as follow:
螭
Pinyin:chi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dragon With Horns Not Yet Grown (In Myth Or Heraldry) . Variant Of 魑[Chi1]
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