螺
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spiral shell; snail; conch
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 虫 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 螺
- Common rank
- #1,259
- Unicode
- U+87BA
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 螺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螺丝起子 | screwdriver | |
| 螺线管 | solenoid | |
| 十字螺丝刀 | Phillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip) | |
| 包氏螺旋体 | Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria | |
| 螺旋曲面 | spiral surface | |
| 海螺 | sea snail; whelk; conch | |
| 方头螺帽 | square headed nut | |
| 螺旋测微器 | micrometer screw gauge; micrometer | |
| 钩端螺旋体病 | leptospirosis | |
| 螺线 | spiral | |
| 吃螺丝 | (of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw) | |
| 螺丝母 | nut (female component of nut and bolt) | |
| 螺旋体 | Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria; spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphi… | |
| 螺旋面 | fusilli (pasta) | |
| 杀螺剂 | snail poison | |
| 内六角圆柱头螺钉 | hexagon socket head cap screw | |
| 螺丝刀 | screwdriver; CL:把[ba3] | |
| 螺号 | conch; shell as horn for signaling | |
| 螺丝粉 | gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta) | |
| 螺旋形 | spiral |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 累 — compare how they read.