Chinese Character 鼍 Meanings and components.

Form

鼍

Meaning

鼍 meaning[3] in English

Chinese Alligator (Alligator Sinensis).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鼍 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , surname Tian (田) , one (一) , and toad (黾)

Its radical[1] is: 黽 (mian3) which means: Toad, .黽mian3toad

In cangjie it is written with RRWMU

How to write 鼍

To write鼍tuo2Chinese alligator … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth 田tian2surname Tian 一yi1one , 黾min3toad arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 田 + 一 + 黾 = 鼍

鼍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鼍
Pinyin:tuo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chinese Alligator (Alligator Sinensis)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
黾
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Toad
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
电
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Lightning . Electricity . Electric (Bound Form) . To Get (Or Give) An Electric Shock . Phone Call Or Telegram Etc . To Send Via Telephone Or Telegram Etc
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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