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蚤
zǎo
1. flea
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蚤
zǎo
flea; louse
9 丶

Compound Words (8)

客蚤
kèzǎo
flea (Xenopsylla spp.)
虼蚤
gèzao
flea (common colloquial word)
跳蚤
tiàozao
flea
客蚤属
kèzǎoshǔ
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
印鼠客蚤
yìnshǔkèzǎo
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
跳蚤市场
tiàozǎoshìchǎng
flea market
骚扰客蚤
sāorǎokèzǎo
Xenopsylla vexabilis
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒
shǔzǎoxíngbānzhěnshānghán
murine typhus fever

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,053
Word Frequency Rank
4,482 of 84,292

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