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甲壳虫

jiǎ qiào chóng

3-character word Traditional 甲殼蟲

What 甲壳虫 means

1. beetle

Other readings

甲壳虫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

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The characters in 甲壳虫

• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 壳ké(colloquial) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing…
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…

Words starting with 甲壳虫

• 甲壳虫类jiǎ ké chóng lèiinsects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)

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