Chinese Character 鱟 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

鱟 meaning[3] in English

Horseshoe Crab.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with HBNWF

How to write 鱟

To writehou4horseshoe crab you should write a combination of 𦥯xue2 , yu2surname Yu arranged in a shape:

𦥯 + =

鱟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:hou4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Horseshoe Crab

𦥯
Pinyin:xue2 Shape:

Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Pinyin:yao2
Meaning[3]: The Solid And Broken Lines Of The Eight Trigrams 八卦[Ba1 Gua4], E.G. ☶

Pinyin:yi4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 鱟in English or Chinese