Chinese Character 鰻 Meanings and components.

Form

鰻

Meaning

鰻 meaning[3] in English

Eel.

Anguilla Lostoniensis.

View more meanings of 鰻 in English

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with NFAWE

How to write 鰻

To write鰻man2eel you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 曼man4handsome arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 曼 = 鰻

鰻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鰻
Pinyin:man2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Eel . Anguilla Lostoniensis
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
曼
Pinyin:man4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Large . Long
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 鰻in English or Chinese