蜥

xī

(bound form) lizard

Radical: 虫 Strokes: 14

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾蟠蜀蟹

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Character Decomposition

蜥=虫+析

Etymology

worm

Meanings

(bound form) lizard

xī

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Words with 蜥 11 total

Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)鳄蜥è xī venomous snake · fig. vicious person虺蜥huǐ xī lizard蜥蜴xī yì monitor lizards (family Varanidae)巨蜥jù xī iguana鬣蜥liè xī salamander火蜥蜴huǒ xī yì Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles蜥形纲xī xíng gāng Saurischia or lizard-hipped dinosaurs, order within superorder Dinosauria蜥臀目xī tún mù Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)草原巨蜥cǎo yuán jù xī

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