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zhé

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zhé Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhé | zhe2
English translation
to hibernate

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About zhé

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhé

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of zhé

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

执虫

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

zhí

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and zhí represents the sound. Simplified form of zhé .

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Words with zhé

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhé to hibernate zhé
蛰伏 zhé fú hibernation蟄伏
惊蛰 Jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 èr shí sì jié qi 6th-20th March驚蟄
蛰居 zhé jū to live in seclusion蟄居
蛰虫 zhé chóng dormant insect蟄蟲
蛰藏 zhé cáng to hibernate蟄藏
冬蛰 dōng zhé hibernation冬蟄

zhé Decomposition & Compounds

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