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蜒

yán

millipede

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

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (37%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

延

yán

to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

⿰虫延 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

yán

延

to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

💡 Ideographic: A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿

6 strokes HSK 5

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

chān

㢟

to walk slowly; to stroll; to ramble

💡 Ideographic: A foot 止 strolling down the road 廴

5 strokes

yǐn

廴

to walk, to go; a place

📷 Pictographic: A man walking to the left

2 strokes

zhǐ

止

to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

📷 Pictographic: A foot

4 strokes HSK 4

shàng

上

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

💡 Ideographic: One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)

3 strokes HSK 1

⺊

💡 Ideographic: A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜

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

Words Using 蜒 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

蜿蜒 ↗

wānyán

to wriggle / snaking / winding / to zigzag / to meander

wānyán

蜿蜒 ↗

to wriggle / snaking / winding / to zigzag / to meander

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