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蠼

qú

earwig

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

HSK 26 strokes Uncommon (48%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

矍

jué

to look about in alarm or fright

⿰虫矍 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

jué

矍

to look about in alarm or fright

💡 Ideographic: To startle 瞿 again 又; 瞿 also provides the pronunciation

20 strokes

jù

瞿

startled; surname

💡 Ideographic: A bird 隹 with two wide eyes 目

18 strokes

⿰目目

Radical component

zhuī

隹

short-tailed bird; sparrow

📷 Pictographic: A bird facing left; compare 鳥

8 strokes

yòu

又

and, also, again, in addition

📷 Pictographic: A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左

2 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 蠼 (2)

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