Chinese Character 蟆 Meanings and components.

Form

蟆

Meaning

蟆 meaning[3] in English

Toad.

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Main Components

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

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 LITAK

How to write 蟆

To write蟆ma2toad you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 莫mo4surname Mo arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 莫 = 蟆

蟆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蟆
Pinyin:ma2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Toad
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
莫
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Mo
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
旲
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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