Chinese Character 霉 Meanings and components.

Form

霉

Meaning

霉 meaning[3] in English

Bacteria.

Fungi.

Moldy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 霉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and each (每)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBOWY

How to write 霉

To write霉mei2bacteria you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 每mei3each arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 每 = 霉

霉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

霉
Pinyin:mei2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Bacteria . Fungi . Moldy
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
每
Pinyin:mei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Each . Every
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 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
母
Pinyin:mu3
Meaning[3]: Mother . Elderly Female Relative . Origin . Source . (Of Animals) Female

Notes

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

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

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