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xiē

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xiē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiē | xie1
English translation
scorpion

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About xiē

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

xiē

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of xiē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫曷

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with xiē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiē scorpion xiē
蝎子 xiē zi scorpion蠍子
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)天蠍座
蝎虎座 Xiē hǔ zuò Lacerta (constellation)蠍虎座

xiē Decomposition & Compounds

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