Chinese Character Wiki

蚤

zǎo

flea

Components
叉 sound component

叉  Sound component

chā, chá, chǎ

  

fork, prong

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

Evolution

蚤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蚤  

zǎo

flea; louse

Most common words with 蚤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

跳蚤

flea

蚤

flea

跳蚤市场

flea market

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

騷 骚 搔

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

騷 骚 搔 瘙 鳋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsˤuʔ

tsawX

zǎo

flea


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5217% of movies

3153rd most common character in movies

4054th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+86A4

Shuowen

“，齧人跳蟲。从，聲。，古爪字。蚤，或从虫。”


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