- 餮 meaning[3] in English
Gluttonous.
See 饕餮[Tao1 Tie4], Zoomorphic Mask Motif.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 餮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to exterminate (殄) , and to eat (食)
Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食
In cangjie it is written with MHOIV
How to write 餮
To write餮 you should write a combination of 殄 , 食 arranged in a 吕 shape:
殄 + 食 = 餮
餮 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 餮 should be followed in this specific way.
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 餮, looks as follow:
餮Pinyin:tie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Gluttonous . See 饕餮[Tao1 Tie4], Zoomorphic Mask Motif
殄Pinyin:tian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Exterminate
歹Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
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
㐱Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吕
人Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
食Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy