Chinese Character 魘 Meanings and components.

Form

魘

Meaning

魘 meaning[3] in English

To Have A Nightmare.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to loathe (厭) , and ghost (鬼)

Its radical[1] is: 鬼 (gui3) which means: Ghost, Demon, Terrible, Damnable, Clever, Sly, Crafty, (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc), One Of The 28 Constellations, .鬼gui3ghost

In cangjie it is written with MKHUI

How to write 魘

To write魘yan3to have … you should write a combination of 厭yan4to loathe , 鬼gui3ghost arranged in a 吕 shape:

厭 + 鬼 = 魘

魘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

魘
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Have A Nightmare
厭
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Loathe
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
猒
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
冐
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 冒[Mao4]
冃
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 帽[Mao4] . Hat . Cap
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 魘in English or Chinese