zǎo

Radical: 虫 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

蚤 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 蚤

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 蚤.

客蚤
kè zǎo
flea (Xenopsylla spp.)
虼蚤
gè zao
flea (common colloquial word)
跳蚤
tiào zao
flea
客蚤属
kè zǎo shǔ
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
印鼠客蚤
yìn shǔ kè zǎo
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
跳蚤市场
tiào zǎo shì chǎng
flea market
骚扰客蚤
sāo rǎo kè zǎo
Xenopsylla vexabilis
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒
shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán

Related characters (radical 虫)

Characters that share the radical .

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