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海螵蛸
hǎi​piāo​xiāo

cuttlebone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
海螵蛸 hǎi​piāo​xiāo
cuttlebone
The boat-shaped white bone found inside a cuttlefish; used in Chinese medicine to stop bleeding or as an antacid. Also called 乌贼骨 wū​zéi​gǔ

Frequency

Written text
0.043 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 乌贼骨 wū​zéi​gǔ

Has abbreviation

  • 螵蛸 piāo​xiāo

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)