Cricket in Chinese (Mandarin): 蟋蟀 (xīshuài)
蟋蟀
xīshuài
cricket
- Simplified
- 蟋蟀
- Traditional
- 蟋蟀
- Pinyin
- xīshuài
- Typed as
- xishuai
Use it in a sentence
晚上有蟋蟀在唱歌。
At night a cricket is singing.
The characters in 蟋蟀
蟋
Part of the word for cricket. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
17 strokes
蟀
Part of the word for cricket. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
17 strokes
Both characters have 虫 for a small creature. Long ago in China, people kept crickets as pets for their songs.
More examples with 蟋蟀
蟋蟀会跳。
蟋蟀會跳。
Xīshuài huì tiào.
Crickets can jump.
草里有一只蟋蟀。
草裡有一隻蟋蟀。
Cǎo li yǒu yì zhī xīshuài.
There is a cricket in the grass.
How to write 蟋蟀 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蟋 17 strokes
蟀 17 strokes
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