蛰
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to hibernate
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 虫 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蛰
- Common rank
- #3,401
- Unicode
- U+86F0
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Formation & memory
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Words with 蛰
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛰虫 | dormant insect | |
| 蛰居 | to live in seclusion | |
| 蛰藏 | to hibernate; to hide away | |
| 惊蛰 | Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March | |
| 蛰伏 | hibernation; living in seclusion | |
| 冬蛰 | hibernation | |
| 启蛰 | Waking from Hibernation; old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 sol… | |
| 蛰眠 | to hibernate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 执 — compare how they read.