Chinese Character 蟻 Meanings and components.

Form

蟻

Meaning

蟻 meaning[3] in English

Ant.

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Main Components

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

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 LITGI

How to write 蟻

To write蟻yi3ant you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 義yi4surname Yi arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 義 = 蟻

蟻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蟻
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ant
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
義
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi . (Tw) Abbr. For 義大利|义大利[Yi4 Da4 Li4], Italy
𦍌
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:*
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang
我
Pinyin:wo3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: I . Me . My
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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