shuài

cricket

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

率 sound component

  Sound component

shuài

  

rate, frequency

Evolution

蟀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蟀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shuài

cricket

Most common words with 蟀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蟋蟀

cricket (insect)

cricket

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*srut

srwit

shuài

蟋蟀 cricket


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3792nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+87C0


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