蜥
(bound form) lizard
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Dict coverage rank #3,186 U+8725
How 蜥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “worm”) + 析 (phonetic, xī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 析
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 析 (xī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 析 sound component | xī | to split wood; to divide, to break apart |
| 晰 | xī | clear, evident |
| 淅 | xī | water used wash rice |
| 皙 | xī | white; a kind of date |
| 菥 | xī | pennycress |
Words containing 蜥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草原巨蜥 | cǎo yuán jù xī | Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) |
| 蜥形纲 | xī xíng gāng | Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles |
| 蜥易 | xī yì | variant of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4] |
| 蜥臀目 | xī tún mù | Saurischia or lizard-hipped dinosaurs, order within superorder Dinosauria |
| 巨蜥 | jù xī | monitor lizards (family Varanidae) |
| 火蜥蜴 | huǒ xī yì | salamander |
| 鳄蜥 | è xī | Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) |
| 虺蜥 | huǐ xī | venomous snake; fig. vicious person |
| 鬣蜥 | liè xī | iguana |
| 蜥蜴 | xī yì | lizard |