Chinese Character 鞘 Meanings and components.

Form

鞘

Meaning

鞘 meaning[3] in English

Scabbard.

Sheath.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鞘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are animal hide (革) , and surname Xiao (肖)

Its radical[1] is: 革 (ge2) which means: Animal Hide, Leather, To Reform, To Remove, To Expel (From Office), .革ge2animal hide

In cangjie it is written with TJFB

How to write 鞘

To write鞘qiao4scabbard you should write a combination of 革ge2animal hide , 肖xiao4surname Xiao arranged in a 吅 shape:

革 + 肖 = 鞘

鞘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鞘
Pinyin:qiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scabbard . Sheath
革
Pinyin:ge2
Meaning[3]: Animal Hide . Leather . To Reform . To Remove . To Expel (From Office)
肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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