Chinese Character 蠣 Meanings and components.

Form

蠣

Meaning

蠣 meaning[3] in English

Oyster.

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Main Components

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

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 LIMTB

How to write 蠣

To write蠣li4oyster you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 厲li4surname Li arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 厲 = 蠣

蠣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠣
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Oyster
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
厲
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
萬
Pinyin:wan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wan
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
禺
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 偶[Ou3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 蠣in English or Chinese