Chinese Character 鳌 Meanings and components.

Form

鳌

Meaning

鳌 meaning[3] in English

Mythological Sea Turtle.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with QKNWM

How to write 鳌

To write鳌ao2mythological sea … you should write a combination of 敖ao2surname Ao , 鱼yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吕 shape:

敖 + 鱼 = 鳌

鳌 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鳌
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mythological Sea Turtle
敖
Pinyin:ao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Ao
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
方
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang
攵
Pinyin:pu1
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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