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蚤
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louse

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
zǎo
ソウ
のみ、はやい
조
Components
叉 fork+ 虫 insects =
蚤 louse
叉 Phonetic component
chā fork
crotch
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虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
Notes
Similar Characters
杈 fork of a tree汊 a branching stream衩 the open seam釵 ornamental (trad)钗 ornamental hairpin (simp)蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蚤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蚤 [zǎo]
flea
Japanese
蚤 のみ 、 ノミ 同音
noun flea
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
跳蚤 [tiào​zao] #11,967
flea
跳蚤市场 [tiào​zǎo​shì​chǎng] #22,231
flea market
跳蚤市场 [tiào​zǎo​shì​chǎng] #22,231
flea market
印鼠客蚤 [yìn​shǔ​kè​zǎo]
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
客蚤 [kè​zǎo]
flea (Xenopsylla spp.)
客蚤属 [kè​zǎo​shǔ]
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
客蚤属 [kè​zǎo​shǔ]
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
虼蚤 [gè​zao]
flea (common colloquial word)
骚扰客蚤 [sāo​rǎo​kè​zǎo]
Xenopsylla vexabilis
骚扰客蚤 [sāo​rǎo​kè​zǎo]
Xenopsylla vexabilis
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JAPANESE WORDS (12)
蚤の市 [のみのいち] #100,424
flea market
ノミの心臓 [のみのしんぞう] #109,246
timidity
ノミ取り [ノミとり] #111,816
flea powder
蚤の夫婦 [のみのふうふ] #230,893
couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband
微塵子 [みじんこ] #238,796
water flea (Daphnia spp.)
ノミ取り首輪 [ノミとりくびわ]
flea collar
ノミ取り粉 [ノミとりこ]
flea powder
猫蚤 [ねこのみ]
cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)
砂蚤 [すなのみ]
chigoe
蚤の衾 [ノミノフスマ]
bog chickweed (Stellaria uliginosa var. undulata)
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