Chinese Character 雄 Meanings and components.

Form

雄

Meaning

雄 meaning[3] in English

Male.

Staminate.

Grand.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 雄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (厷) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 隹 (zhui1) which means: Short-Tailed Bird, .隹zhui1short-tailed bird

In cangjie it is written with KIOG

How to write 雄

To write雄xiong2male you should write a combination of 厷gong1old variant … , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

厷 + 隹 = 雄

雄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

雄
Pinyin:xiong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Male . Staminate . Grand . Imposing . Powerful . Mighty . Person Or State Having Great Power And Influence
厷
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 肱[Gong1]
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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