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piāo

chrysalis

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

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (69%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

票

piào

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

⿰虫票 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

piào

票

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

💡 Ideographic: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering

11 strokes HSK 2

xī

覀

west, western, westward

💡 Ideographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

6 strokes

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

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

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 螵 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

nest of eggs of mantis

piāo

螵 ↗

nest of eggs of mantis

螵蛸 ↗

piāoxiāo

cuttlebone / praying mantis' eggs

piāoxiāo

螵蛸 ↗

cuttlebone / praying mantis' eggs