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螈
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a silkworm

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
yuán
Components
虫 insects+ 原 flatlands =
螈 a silkworm
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
原 Phonetic component
yuán flatlands
source, origin, beginning
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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)
Chinese
螈 [yuán]
salamander; newt
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
蝾螈 [róng​yuán] #30,354
fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David)
蝾螈 [róng​yuán] #30,354
fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David)
中国大蝾螈 [Zhōng​guó​dà​róng​yuán]
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
中国大蝾螈 [Zhōng​guó​dà​róng​yuán]
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
杰利蝾螈 [jié​lì​róng​yuán]
gerrymander (loanword)
大蝾螈 [dà​róng​yuán]
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
大蝾螈 [dà​róng​yuán]
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
杰利蝾螈 [jié​lì​róng​yuán]
gerrymander (loanword)
洞螈 [dòng​yuán]
olm (Proteus anguinus)
瘰螈 [luǒ​yuán]
triton
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
井守 [いもり] #134,249
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)