Chinese Character 螺 Meanings and components.

Form

螺

Meaning

螺 meaning[3] in English

Spiral Shell.

Snail.

Conch.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 螺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and to accumulate (累)

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 LIWVF

How to write 螺

To write螺luo2spiral shell you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 累lei4to accumulate arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 累 = 螺

螺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

螺
Pinyin:luo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Spiral Shell . Snail . Conch
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
累
Pinyin:lei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Accumulate . To Involve Or Implicate (Taiwan Pr. [Lei4]) . Continuous . Repeated
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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