Chinese Character 鬣 Meanings and components.

Form

鬣

Meaning

鬣 meaning[3] in English

Bristles.

Mane.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鬣 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are hair (髟) , and old variant of … (巤)

Its radical[1] is: 髟 (biao1) which means: Hair, Shaggy, .髟biao1hair

In cangjie it is written with SHVVV

How to write 鬣

To write鬣lie4bristles you should write a combination of 髟biao1hair , 巤lie4old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

髟 + 巤 = 鬣

鬣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鬣
Pinyin:lie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Bristles . Mane
髟
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: Hair . Shaggy
镸
Pinyin:chang2
Meaning[3]: 'Long' Or 'To Grow' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 168)
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
巤
Pinyin:lie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 鬣[Lie4]
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
鼠
Pinyin:shu3
Meaning[3]: Rat . Mouse . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1]
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Pinyin:?

Notes

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

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

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