Chinese Character 鯛 Meanings and components.

Form

鯛

Meaning

鯛 meaning[3] in English

Porgy.

Pagrus Major.

View more meanings of 鯛 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鯛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and surname Zhou (周)

Its radical[1] is: 魚 (yu2) which means: Surname Yu, .魚yu2surname Yu

In cangjie it is written with NFBGR

How to write 鯛

To write鯛diao1porgy you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 周zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 周 = 鯛

鯛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鯛
Pinyin:diao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Porgy . Pagrus Major
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
周
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)
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]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 鯛in English or Chinese