Chinese Character 貘 Meanings and components.

Form

貘

Meaning

貘 meaning[3] in English

Tapir.

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Main Components

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

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 BHTAK

How to write 貘

To write貘mo4tapir you should write a combination of 豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate , 莫mo4surname Mo arranged in a 吅 shape:

豸 + 莫 = 貘

貘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貘
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Tapir
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
莫
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Mo
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
旲
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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