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蜍

chú

Character

What 蜍 means

1. Bufo vulgaris
2. toad

Example sentences

• 我无法区分青蛙和蟾蜍。
  Wǒ wúfǎ qūfēn qīngwā hé chánchú.
  I can't tell a frog from a toad.

Words containing 蜍

• 蟾蜍chán chútoad

Characters built on 余

These share the phonetic component 余 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 狳yúused in 犰狳

Characters that look like 蜍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蜂fēngbee; wasp
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 蛤gé(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 睑jiǎneyelid
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read chú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 厨kitchen
• 除to get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 橱wardrobe; closet; cabinet
• 锄a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed
• 雏(bound form) chick; young bird
• 刍to mow or cut grass; hay; straw
• 躇used in 踌躇
• 滁name of a river in Anhui
• 蹰used in 踟蹰
• 耡hoe
• 篨crude bamboo mat
• 鉏hoe