Chinese Character 骇 Meanings and components.

Form

骇

Meaning

骇 meaning[3] in English

To Astonish.

To Startle.

To Hack (Computing, Loanword).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 骇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Ma (马) , and 12th earthly branch: … (亥)

Its radical[1] is: 馬 (ma3) which means: Surname Ma, Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4], .馬ma3surname Ma

In cangjie it is written with NMYVO

How to write 骇

To write骇hai4to astonish you should write a combination of 马ma3surname Ma , 亥hai412th earthly … arranged in a 吅 shape:

马 + 亥 = 骇

骇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

骇
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Astonish . To Startle . To Hack (Computing, Loanword)
马
Pinyin:ma3
Meaning[3]: Surname Ma . Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4]
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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