Chinese Character 鴞 Meanings and components.

Form

鴞

Meaning

鴞 meaning[3] in English

Owl (Order Strigiformes).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鴞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are roar (号) , and variant of 屌[diao3] (鳥)

Its radical[1] is: 鳥 (niao3) which means: Variant Of 屌[Diao3], Penis, .鳥niao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with RSHAF

How to write 鴞

To write鴞xiao1owl (order … you should write a combination of 号hao4roar , 鳥niao3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

号 + 鳥 = 鴞

鴞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鴞
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Owl (Order Strigiformes)
号
Pinyin:hao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Roar . Cry . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters
鳥
Pinyin:niao3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 屌[Diao3] . Penis

Notes

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

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

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