Chinese Character 鳏 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

鳏 meaning^[3] in English

Widower.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with NMWLF

How to write 鳏

To write鳏guan1widower you should write a combination of 鱼yu2surname Yu , 眔da4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

鱼 + 眔 = 鳏

鳏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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