Chinese Character 蟄 Meanings and components.

Form

蟄

Meaning

蟄 meaning[3] in English

To Hibernate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蟄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to execute (a … (執) , 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 GILMI

How to write 蟄

To write蟄zhe2to hibernate you should write a combination of 執zhi2to execute … , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

執 + 虫 = 蟄

蟄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蟄
Pinyin:zhe2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hibernate
執
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Execute (A Plan) . To Grasp
幸
Pinyin:xing4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Trusted . Intimate . (Of The Emperor) To Visit . Variant Of 幸[Xing4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
𢆉
Pinyin:ren3 Shape:吕
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
丸
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
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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