xiē
scorpion
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠍.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蝎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
scorpion | ||
scorpion | ||
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) | ||
Lacerta (constellation) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.2494% of movies
3142nd most common character in movies
3929th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+874E |
Shuowen | “蝎，蝤蠐也。从虫，曷聲。” |
Sources
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