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龋

qǔ

Character Traditional 齲

What 龋 means

1. decayed teeth
2. dental caries

Words starting with 龋

• 龋洞qǔ dònghole due to dental caries
• 龋齿qǔ chǐtooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth
• 龋齿性qǔ chǐ xìngcaries-inducing

Words containing 龋

• 防龋fáng qǔ(dentistry) to prevent tooth decay; anti-cavity; anti-caries
• 齿龋chǐ qǔtooth decay; caries

Characters built on 禹

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

• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 踽jǔhunchbacked; walk alone

Characters that look like 龋

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

• 瞩zhǔto gaze at; to stare at
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 螨mǎnmite
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 蹒pánused in 蹒跚; Taiwan pr. mán

Sounds the same

Read qǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 取to take; to get; to choose
• 娶to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 曲tune; song
• 苣used in 苣荬菜; Taiwan pr. jù