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Meaning of 蝎

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(Trad.: 蠍)
Pinyin: xiē
English Definition: scorpion
Chinese Definition:
①(蝎虎)即“壁虎”。
②节肢动物,胎生。头胸部的螯肢呈钳状,胸脚四对。后腹狭长,末端有毒钩,用来防敌和捕虫,食昆虫、蜘蛛等。干燥虫体可入药:蝎子。毒如蛇蝎。
Total strokes: 15; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • [ ] what, why, where, which, how
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Example Words
天蝎座 tiān xiē zuò Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
蝎子 xiē zi scorpion
视如蛇蝎 shì shé xiē to have a great aversion to (idiom)
天蝎 tiān xiē Scorpio (constellation)
毒蛇恶蝎 shé è xiē poisonous snakes and scorpions (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
They also planted rubber trees, and heliconium flowers.
2
Death stalker scorpions are spread in North Africa and Middle East.
3
They looked loke a gigantic scorpions with stings curled over their backs.
4
279
In this case, it is set to 279, which means Scorpion(s).
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The new species is probably only the second pseudoscorpion ever found in a granite enclosure.