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蛎

lì

oyster

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (mollusk) provides meaning, 厉 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (45%)

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Component Breakdown

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虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

厉

lì

whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet

⿰虫厉 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

lì

厉

whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet

5 strokes HSK 4

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

wàn

万

ten thousand; innumerable

3 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 蛎 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

clam / same as [[蛤蜊<gélí>]]

gélì

蛤蛎 ↗

clam / same as [[蛤蜊<gélí>]]

蛎鹬 ↗

lìyù

(Chinese bird species) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

lìyù

蛎鹬 ↗

(Chinese bird species) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

蛎黄 ↗

lìhuáng

the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat

lìhuáng

蛎黄 ↗

the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat