Chinese Character 蠱 Meanings and components.

Form

蠱

Meaning

蠱 meaning[3] in English

Arch. Legendary Venomous Insect.

To Poison.

To Bewitch.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蠱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (蟲) , and dish (皿)

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 LILIT

How to write 蠱

To write蠱gu3arch. legendary … you should write a combination of 蟲chong2lower form … , 皿min3dish arranged in a 吕 shape:

蟲 + 皿 = 蠱

蠱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠱
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Arch. Legendary Venomous Insect . To Poison . To Bewitch . To Drive To Insanity . To Harm By Witchcraft . Intestinal Parasite
蟲
Pinyin:chong2 Shape:品
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
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
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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