Chinese Character 鱗 Meanings and components.

Form

鱗

Meaning

鱗 meaning[3] in English

Scales (Of Fish).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鱗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and variant of 磷[lin2] (粦)

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

In cangjie it is written with NFFDQ

How to write 鱗

To write鱗lin2scales (of … you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 粦lin2variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 粦 = 鱗

鱗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鱗
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scales (Of Fish)
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
粦
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 磷[Lin2]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
舛
Pinyin:chuan3
Meaning[3]: Mistaken . Erroneous . Contradictory
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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