Chinese Character 貙 Meanings and components.

Form

貙

Meaning

貙 meaning[3] in English

(Archaic) Animal Resembling A Tiger.

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Main Components

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

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 BHSRR

How to write 貙

To write貙chu1(archaic) animal … you should write a combination of 豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate , 區qu1surname Ou arranged in a 吅 shape:

豸 + 區 = 貙

貙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

貙
Pinyin:chu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Archaic) Animal Resembling A Tiger
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
區
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Ou
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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