Chinese Character 麝 Meanings and components.

Form

麝

Meaning

麝 meaning[3] in English

Musk Deer (Moschus Moschiferus).

Also Called 香獐子.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 麝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are deer (鹿) , and old variant of … (射)

Its radical[1] is: 鹿 (lu4) which means: Deer, .鹿lu4deer

In cangjie it is written with IPHHI

How to write 麝

To write麝she4musk deer … you should write a combination of 鹿lu4deer , 射she4old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

鹿 + 射 = 麝

麝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

麝
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Musk Deer (Moschus Moschiferus) . Also Called 香獐子
鹿
Pinyin:lu4
Meaning[3]: Deer
射
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 射[She4]
身
Pinyin:shen1
Meaning[3]: Body . Life . Oneself . Personally . One'S Morality And Conduct . The Main Part Of A Structure Or Body . Pregnant . Classifier For Sets Of Clothes: Suit, Twinset . Kangxi Radical 158
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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