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龌

wò

narrow, small-minded; dirty (1)

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

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (45%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

齿

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age

屋

wū

building, house, shelter; room

⿰齿屋 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

wū

屋

building, house, shelter; room

💡 Ideographic: To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)

9 strokes HSK 5

shī

尸

body, corpse

📷 Pictographic: A man keeled over

3 strokes HSK 6

zhì

至

reach, arrive; very, extremely

💡 Ideographic: A bird alighting on the ground 土

6 strokes HSK 4

⿱一厶

Radical component

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 龌 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

龌龊 ↗

wòchuò

dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / narrow-minded / petty

wòchuò

龌龊 ↗

dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / narrow-minded / petty

filthy / nasty / sordid / impure (motives)

wòzhuó

龌浊 ↗

filthy / nasty / sordid / impure (motives)

卑鄙龌龊 ↗

bēibǐwòchuò

sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)

bēibǐwòchuò

卑鄙龌龊 ↗

sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)

卑陋龌龊 ↗

bēilòuwòchuò

sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)

bēilòuwòchuò

卑陋龌龊 ↗

sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)