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蛸

shāo

octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest

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

HSK 13 strokes Uncommon (66%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

肖

xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

⿰虫肖 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

xiào

肖

to resemble, to look like; to be like

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh - "in the flesh") provides meaning, ⺌ provides pronunciation

7 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 蛸 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

Octopus octopodia / mantis egg nest

xiāo

蛸 ↗

Octopus octopodia / mantis egg nest

螵蛸 ↗

piāoxiāo

cuttlebone / praying mantis' eggs

piāoxiāo

螵蛸 ↗

cuttlebone / praying mantis' eggs

The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom)

xiāoshāomǎnshì

蟏蛸满室 ↗

The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom)