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螽

zhōng

Character

What 螽 means

1. (grasshopper)
2. Gompsocleis mikado

Words starting with 螽

• 螽斯zhōng sīkatydid or long-horned grasshopper (family Tettigoniidae)
• 螽斯科zhōng sī kēTettigoniidae (katydids and crickets)
• 螽斯总科zhōng sī zǒng kēTettigonioidea (katydids and crickets)

Words containing 螽

• 寰螽huán zhōngeastern shield-backed katydid (genus Atlanticus)
• 蝈螽guō zhōnginsect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets); Gampsocleis sinensis
• 蝈螽属guō zhōng shǔGampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets)

Characters built on 冬

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

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 咚dōng(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 氡dōngradon (chemistry)
• 佟Tóngsurname Tong
• 柊zhōngused in 柊叶

Sounds the same

Read zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 终end; finish
• 钟handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 忠loyal; devoted; faithful
• 衷inner feelings
• 锺nonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 盅handleless cup; goblet
• 柊used in 柊叶
• 彸restless, agitated
• 伀restless; agitated
• 汷name of an ancient river in Hubei
• 忪used in 怔忪