Chinese Character 蠍 Meanings and components.

Form

蠍

Meaning

蠍 meaning[3] in English

Scorpion.

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Main Components

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

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 LIAVO

How to write 蠍

To write蠍xie1scorpion you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 歇xie1to rest arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 歇 = 蠍

蠍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠍
Pinyin:xie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scorpion
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
歇
Pinyin:xie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Rest . To Take A Break . To Stop . To Halt . (Dialect) To Sleep . A Moment . A Short While
曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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