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蝐

mào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蝳蝐) hawksbill turtle (an old name for 玳瑁)

Examples

HSK 7-9
古籍中，蝳蝐是玳瑁的另一种写法。
Gǔjí zhōng, dàimào shì dàimào de lìng yìzhǒng xiěfǎ.
In old texts 蝳蝐 is another written form of the hawksbill turtle.
HSK 7-9
研究古文字的学者还会碰到罕见的蝐字。
Yánjiū gǔ wénzì de xuézhě hái huì pèngdào hǎnjiàn de mào zì.
Scholars studying ancient characters still come across the rare form 蝐.

Tips

usage
蝐 is a rare bound character appearing only in 蝳蝐, an old written variant of 玳瑁 ('hawksbill turtle'). You will not meet it in modern everyday writing.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; small creature
虫 on the left is the insect/reptile radical, historically applied to many small or shelled creatures including turtles.
phonetic
冒 mào
to emit; risk (phonetic)
冒 on the right gives the exact sound mào with no tone change and no meaning contribution.

No stroke data for 蝐; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

蝐 mào