zhè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese ground beetle (used in traditional medicine)
  2. 2 a kind of locust

Examples

Zhè chóng gān shì yì wèi zhōngyào.
The dried ground beetle is a traditional Chinese medicine ingredient.

Tips

usage
Mostly seen in (also written 土鳖虫), the Chinese ground beetle Eupolyphaga sinensis, whose dried body is a traditional medicine said to invigorate blood circulation.

Components

radical
chóng
insect; worm
The insect radical on the left marks as a bug — here a beetle. It groups with other insect-name characters such as (in cockroach) built the same way.
phonetic
shù
numerous; common (phonetic)
The right element supplies the sound (shù drifting to zhè). The same phonetic appears in 'sugarcane', which shares the zhè reading, making the sound link easy to recall.

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Stroke Order

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