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xiā

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xiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiā | xia1
English translation
shrimp, prawn

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About xiā

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

xiā

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of xiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫叚

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

jiǎ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and xià represents the sound. Simplified form of xiā .

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Words with xiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiā shrimp xiā
龙虾 lóng xiā lobster龍蝦
虾米 xiā mǐ small shrimp蝦米
大虾 dà xiā prawn大蝦
虾仁 xiā rén shrimp meat蝦仁
对虾 duì xiā prawn對蝦
虾子 xiā zǐ shrimp roe蝦子
虾皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp蝦皮
明虾 míng xiā prawn明蝦
虾酱 xiā jiàng shrimp paste蝦醬
虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng useless troops (idiom)蝦兵蟹將
虾蟆 há ma frog蝦蟆

xiā Decomposition & Compounds

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