zhé
to hibernate
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 執 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蟄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to hibernate | ||
hibernation | ||
Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March | ||
to live in seclusion | ||
dormant insect |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]rip | drip | zhé | hibernate; cluster |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4177th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+87C4 |
Shuowen | “蟄，藏也。从虫，執聲。” |
Sources
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