蚤
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flea
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,411 U+86A4
How 蚤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 叉 (phonetic, chā)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 叉
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 叉 (chā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叉 sound component | chā | fork; prong; cross, intersect |
| 衩 | chà | shorts, panties; a slit in a robe |
Words containing 蚤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跳蚤市场 | tiào zǎo shì chǎng | flea market |
| 印鼠客蚤 | yìn shǔ kè zǎo | oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) |
| 鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒 | shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán | murine typhus fever |
| 客蚤属 | kè zǎo shǔ | Xenopsylla (the flea genus) |
| 骚扰客蚤 | sāo rǎo kè zǎo | Xenopsylla vexabilis |
| 客蚤 | kè zǎo | flea (Xenopsylla spp.) |
| 跳蚤 | tiào zao | flea |
| 虼蚤 | gè zao | (coll.) flea |