Chinese Character 鯰 Meanings and components.

Form

鯰

Meaning

鯰 meaning[3] in English

Sheatfish (Parasilurus Asotus).

Oriental Catfish.

See Also 鮎|鲇[Nian2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鯰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and variant of 念[nian4], … (念)

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

In cangjie it is written with NFOIP

How to write 鯰

To write鯰nian2sheatfish (Parasilurus … you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 念nian4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 念 = 鯰

鯰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鯰
Pinyin:nian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sheatfish (Parasilurus Asotus) . Oriental Catfish . See Also 鮎|鲇[Nian2]
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
念
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 念[Nian4], To Read Aloud
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
㇇
Pinyin:㇇
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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