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蚰

yóu

millipede

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (insect) provides meaning, 由 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (59%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

由

yóu

cause, reason; from

⿰虫由 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chóng

虫

insect, worm; mollusk

🔤 Pictophonetic:

6 strokes HSK 5

zhōng

中

central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese

💡 Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

4 strokes HSK 1

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

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

yóu

由

cause, reason; from

💡 Ideographic: Road 丨 leading to the farm 田

5 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 蚰 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

earwig / house centipede

yóuyan

蚰蜒 ↗

earwig / house centipede

蚰蜒路 ↗

yóuyanlù

lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road

yóuyanlù

蚰蜒路 ↗

lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road