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蜍

chú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蟾蜍) toad

Examples

蟾蜍的皮肤上布满了疙瘩。
Chánchú de pífū shàng bùmǎn le gēda.
A toad's skin is covered in bumps.
草丛里跳出一只蟾蜍。
Cǎocóng lǐ tiào chū yì zhī chánchú.
A toad jumped out from the grass.

Tips

usage
This is a bound character: it does not stand alone in modern Chinese. You will essentially only ever meet it inside 蟾蜍 (toad). Learn the pair, not the single char.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; creeping creature
The insect radical groups this with small crawling animals, the same semantic family as its partner 蟾 in the word for toad.
phonetic
余 yú
surplus; I (literary)
Sound marker: 余 hints at the chú reading, the same phonetic seen in 除 and 途.

Stroke Order

蜍 chú