- 饕 meaning[3] in English
Gluttonous.
See 饕餮[Tao1 Tie4], Zoomorphic Mask Motif.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 饕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are roar (號) , 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 RUOIV
How to write 饕
To write饕 you should write a combination of 號 , 食 arranged in a 吕 shape:
號 + 食 = 饕
饕 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 饕 should be followed in this specific way.
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 饕, looks as follow:
饕Pinyin:tao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Gluttonous . See 饕餮[Tao1 Tie4], Zoomorphic Mask Motif
號Pinyin:hao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Roar . Cry . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
号Pinyin:hao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Roar . Cry . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
口Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丂Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters
虎Pinyin:hu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tiger . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1]
虍Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
儿Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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