Chinese Character 鲎 Meanings and components.

Form

鲎

Meaning

鲎 meaning[3] in English

Horseshoe Crab.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with FBNWM

How to write 鲎

To write鲎hou4horseshoe crab you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 鱼yu2surname Yu arranged in a 冖 shape:

小 + 鱼 = 鲎

鲎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鲎
Pinyin:hou4 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Horseshoe Crab
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
鱼
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu

Notes

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

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

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