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cricket (alt)

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
shuài
シュツ
솔
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 率 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 率 rate =
蟀 cricket (alt)
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
率 Phonetic component
lǜ rate
to lead
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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
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蟀
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蟀 [shuài]
cricket
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
蟋蟀 [xī​shuài] #15,081
cricket (insect)
蟋蟀草 [xī​shuài​cǎo]
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
顳顬 [こめかみ] #73,529
temple (on side of head)
蟋蟀 [こおろぎ] #75,677
cricket (Gryllidae spp.)
螽斯 [きりぎりす] #227,136
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)
御竈蟋蟀 [おかまこおろぎ]
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)
閻魔蟋蟀 [エンマコオロギ]
oriental garden cricket (Teleogryllus emma)