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蠵

xī

large turtle

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (worm) provides meaning, 巂 provides pronunciation

HSK 24 strokes

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

巂

guī

a place name

⿰虫巂 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

guī

巂

a place name

🔤 Pictophonetic: 冏 (hot) provides meaning, 崔 provides pronunciation

18 strokes

cuī

崔

high, lofty, towering; surname

💡 Ideographic: A bird 隹 faced with a mountain 山

11 strokes

shān

山

mountain, hill, peak

📷 Pictographic: Three mountain peaks

3 strokes HSK 3

zhuī

隹

short-tailed bird; sparrow

📷 Pictographic: A bird facing left; compare 鳥

8 strokes

jiǒng

冏

bright, brilliant; clear; hot

💡 Ideographic: Archaic form of 炯

7 strokes

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

⿱八口

Radical component

Words Using 蠵 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

觜蠵 ↗

zīxī

name of constellation, possibly same as [[觜宿]]

zīxī

觜蠵 ↗

name of constellation, possibly same as [[觜宿]]