Chinese Character 蠖 Meanings and components.

Form

蠖

Meaning

蠖 meaning[3] in English

Looper Caterpillar.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蠖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and phonetic component in … (蒦)

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 LITOE

How to write 蠖

To write蠖huo4looper caterpillar you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 蒦huo4phonetic component … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 蒦 = 蠖

蠖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠖
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Looper Caterpillar
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
蒦
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Phonetic Component In Certain Characters With Sound Huò, Such As 護, 獲, 穫 And 擭
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
隻
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Classifier For Birds And Certain Animals, One Of A Pair, Some Utensils, Vessels Etc
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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