Chinese Character 髏 Meanings and components.

Form

髏

Meaning

髏 meaning[3] in English

Skull.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 髏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bone (骨) , and surname Lou (婁)

Its radical[1] is: 骨 (gu3) which means: Bone, .骨gu3bone

In cangjie it is written with BBLLV

How to write 髏

To write髏lou2skull you should write a combination of 骨gu3bone , 婁lou2surname Lou arranged in a 吅 shape:

骨 + 婁 = 髏

髏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

髏
Pinyin:lou2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Skull
骨
Pinyin:gu3
Meaning[3]: Bone
冎
Pinyin:gua3 Shape:一
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
婁
Pinyin:lou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lou . One Of The 28 Lunar Mansions In Chinese Astronomy
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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