蟄
hibernation of insects
17 strokes.
Readings
- チツ (on reading): 蟄居 (ちっきょ) shutting oneself up in one's house; 啓蟄 (けいちつ) "awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)
- チュウ (on reading)
- ちっする (kun reading)
- かくれる (kun reading)
Components
- 執
- 虫
- 丶 radical dot
- 九 radical nine
- 亠 radical lid
- 十 radical ten
- 立 radical stand
- 虫 radical insect
- 辛 radical bitter; spicy