Chinese Character 蠊 Meanings and components.

Form

蠊

Meaning

蠊 meaning[3] in English

Cockroach.

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Main Components

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

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 LIITC

How to write 蠊

To write蠊lian2cockroach you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 廉lian2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 廉 = 蠊

蠊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠊
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cockroach
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
廉
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 廉[Lian2]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
兼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Double . Twice . Simultaneous . Holding Two Or More (Official) Posts At The Same Time

Notes

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

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

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