Chinese Character 豻 Meanings and components.

Form

豻

Meaning

豻 meaning[3] in English

Jail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 豻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are worm-like invertebrate (豸) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 豸 (zhi4) which means: Worm-Like Invertebrate, Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]), Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153), .豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate

In cangjie it is written with BHMJ

How to write 豻

To write豻an4jail you should write a combination of 豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

豸 + 干 = 豻

豻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

豻
Pinyin:an4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Jail
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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