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磲

qú

giant clam, Tridacna gigas

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (stone) provides meaning, 渠 provides pronunciation

HSK 16 strokes Uncommon (64%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

ditch, gutter; canal, channel

⿰石渠 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

石

stone, rock, mineral

💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂

5 strokes HSK 5

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

qú

渠

ditch, gutter; canal, channel

💡 Ideographic: A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation

11 strokes HSK 6

jù

洰

ditch, gutter; canal, channel

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 巨 provides pronunciation

7 strokes

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

jù

巨

large, huge, gigantic; chief

💡 Ideographic: A hand holding a large carpenter's square 工

4 strokes HSK 5

fāng

匚

box; basket

2 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 磲 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

giant clam (Tridacna derasa)

chēqú

砗磲 ↗

giant clam (Tridacna derasa)