蚤 (zou2 | zao3) : flea

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蚤

zou2

zao3

flea

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蚤

This word has been viewed 2732 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Oct 2010 14:23

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跳蚤 tiu3 zou2 tiao4 zao3/5 = the flea

跳蚤市場 tiu3 zou2 si5 coeng4 tiao4 zao5 shi4 chang3 = flea market

高薪跳蚤 gou1 san1 tiu3 zou2 gao1 xin1 tiao4 zao3 = a job hopper (lit., "high salary flea")

亞洲客蚤 aa3 zau1 haak3 zou2 ya4 zhou1 ke4 zao3 = Xenopsylla astia

潛蚤病 cim4 zou2 beng6 qian2 zao3 bing4 = tungiasis

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Decimal representation of this word: 蚤
Unicode code for this character: U+86a4 (off-site link)

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