Chinese Character 蟷 Meanings and components.

Form

蟷

Meaning

蟷 meaning[3] in English

Mantis.

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Main Components

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

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 LIFBW

How to write 蟷

To write蟷dang1mantis you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 當dang1to be arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 當 = 蟷

蟷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蟷
Pinyin:dang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mantis
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
當
Pinyin:dang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Be . To Act As . Manage . Withstand . When . During . Ought . Should . Match Equally . Equal . Same . Obstruct . Just At (A Time Or Place) . On The Spot . Right . Just At
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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