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蛰

zhé

to hibernate

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

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (42%)

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Component Breakdown

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执

zhí

to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

⿱执虫 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

zhí

执

to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain

💡 Ideographic: A hand 扌 clutching a pebble 丸

6 strokes HSK 5

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

wán

丸

ball, pebble, pellet, pill

📷 Pictographic: A fist 九 holding a pebble 丶

3 strokes HSK 6

jiǔ

九

nine

📷 Pictographic: An elbow

2 strokes HSK 1

diǎn

丶

dot

1 strokes

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

Words Using 蛰 (9)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

hibernation / living in seclusion

zhéfú

蛰伏 ↗

hibernation / living in seclusion

启蛰 ↗

Qǐzhé

Waking from Hibernation / old variant of [[驚蟄|惊蛰<Jīngzhé>]], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气<èrshísìjiéqi>]] 6th-20th March

Qǐzhé

启蛰 ↗

Waking from Hibernation / old variant of [[驚蟄|惊蛰<Jīngzhé>]], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气<èrshísìjiéqi>]] 6th-20th March

to hibernate / to hide away

zhécáng

蛰藏 ↗

to hibernate / to hide away

Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气]] 6th-20th March

Jīngzhé

惊蛰 ↗

Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气]] 6th-20th March