Chinese Character 螯 Meanings and components.

Form

螯

Meaning

螯 meaning[3] in English

Nippers.

Claw (Of Crab).

Chela.

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Main Components

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

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 QKLMI

How to write 螯

To write螯ao2nippers you should write a combination of 敖ao2surname Ao , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

敖 + 虫 = 螯

螯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

螯
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Nippers . Claw (Of Crab) . Chela . Pincers . Astacus Fluviatilis
敖
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Ao
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
方
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang
攵
Pinyin:pu1
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

Notes

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

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

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