








蜩 is written in 14 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 虫, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
蜩 is a phono-semantic compound: 虫 (insect) carries the meaning, while 周 indicates the sound.
Radical: 虫 + 8 more strokes
tiáo蜩

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Open the tool →蜩 (tiáo) means “In ancient texts” in Chinese.
蜩 is pronounced tiáo in Mandarin Chinese.
蜩 has 14 strokes.
蜩 is written in 14 strokes, starting from the radical 虫. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 蜩 is 虫, and 蜩 is a phono-semantic compound.