shuài
cricket
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 率 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*srut | srwit | shuài | 蟋蟀 cricket |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3792nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+87C0 |
Sources
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