Chinese Character 貅 Meanings and components.

Form

貅

Meaning

貅 meaning[3] in English

See 貔貅[Pi2 Xiu1], Composite Mythical Animal (Originally 貅 Was The Female).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 貅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are worm-like invertebrate (豸) , and surname Xiu (休)

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 BHOD

How to write 貅

To write貅xiu1see 貔貅[pi2 … you should write a combination of 豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate , 休xiu1surname Xiu arranged in a 吅 shape:

豸 + 休 = 貅

貅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貅
Pinyin:xiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 貔貅[Pi2 Xiu1], Composite Mythical Animal (Originally 貅 Was The Female)
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
休
Pinyin:xiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiu
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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