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龋

qǔ

tooth decay

🔤 Pictophonetic: 齿 (teeth) provides meaning, 禹 provides pronunciation

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (35%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

齿

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age

禹

yǔ

legendary Hsia dynasty founder

⿰齿禹 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chǐ

齿

teeth; gears, cogs; age

📷 Pictographic: Teeth 人凵; 止 provides the pronunciation

8 strokes HSK 5

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

⿶凵人

Radical component

yǔ

禹

legendary Hsia dynasty founder

9 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

róu

禸

rump

5 strokes

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

sī

厶

private, secret

📷 Pictographic: A silk cocoon

2 strokes

Words Using 龋 (8)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

龋 ↗

qǔ

decayed teeth / dental caries

qǔ

龋 ↗

decayed teeth / dental caries

tooth decay / dental caries / cavity

qǔchǐ

龋齿 ↗

tooth decay / dental caries / cavity

hole due to dental caries

qǔdòng

龋洞 ↗

hole due to dental caries

防龋 ↗

fángqǔ

to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries

fángqǔ

防龋 ↗

to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries