Chinese Character 龁 Meanings and components.

Form

龁

Meaning

龁 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) To Gnaw.

To Bite.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 龁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tooth (齿) , and to beg (乞)

Its radical[1] is: 齒 (chi3) which means: Tooth, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1], .齒chi3tooth

In cangjie it is written with YUON

How to write 龁

To write龁he2(literary) to … you should write a combination of 齿chi3tooth , 乞qi3to beg arranged in a 吅 shape:

齿 + 乞 = 龁

龁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

龁
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Gnaw . To Bite
齿
Pinyin:chi3
Meaning[3]: Tooth . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1]
乞
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Beg
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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
乙
Pinyin:yi3
Meaning[3]: Second Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Second In Order . Letter 'B' Or Roman 'Ii' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Second Party (In Legal Contract, Usually 乙方[Yi3 Fang1], As Opposed To 甲方[Jia3 Fang1]) . Ethyl . Bent . Winding . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 5) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 105°

Notes

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

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

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