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toad (iii)

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
chú
ショ
여
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 余 excess =
蜍 toad (iii)
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
余 Phonetic component
yú excess
I, my, me
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Notes
Similar Characters
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虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
蜍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蜍 [chú]
Bufo vulgaris; toad
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
蟾蜍 [chán​chú] #16,735
toad
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
蟇 [ひきがえる] #56,019
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
蚋 [ぶゆ] #126,092
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae)