蛸
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octopus; used in 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1] and 肖蛸[xiao1 shao1]
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 虫 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蛸
- Common rank
- #3,398
- Unicode
- U+86F8
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Formation & memory
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Words with 蛸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八带蛸 | (Shandong dialect) octopus | |
| 巴蛸 | (dialect) octopus | |
| 海螵蛸 | cuttlebone (used in TCM) | |
| 肖蛸 | variant of 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1] | |
| 螵蛸 | ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM); cuttlebone (abbr. … | |
| 蚆蛸 | variant of 巴蛸[ba1 shao1] | |
| 蟏蛸 | long-jawed orb weaver; long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 哨 | to whistle; to chirp | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 硝 | saltpeter; to tan leather | |
| 屑 | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 悄 | quiet, silent, still; anxious | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 峭 | steep, precipitous, rugged | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |