Chinese Character 蟳 Meanings and components.

Form

蟳

Meaning

蟳 meaning[3] in English

(Hairy Sea-Crab).

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Main Components

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

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 LISMI

How to write 蟳

To write蟳xun2(hairy sea-crab) you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 尋xun2to search arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 尋 = 蟳

蟳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蟳
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Hairy Sea-Crab)
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
尋
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Search . To Look For . To Seek
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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