Chinese Character 鲿 Meanings and components.

Form

鲿

Meaning

鲿 meaning[3] in English

Bagridae (Catfish Family).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with NMFBI

How to write 鲿

To write鲿chang2Bagridae (catfish … you should write a combination of 鱼yu2surname Yu , 尝chang2to taste arranged in a 吅 shape:

鱼 + 尝 = 鲿

鲿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鲿
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bagridae (Catfish Family)
鱼
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
尝
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Taste . To Try . To Experience . Already . Ever . Once
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
云
Pinyin:yun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Classical) To Say
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

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