Pinyin of Cricket: ?shuài?

Basic Character Meaning:

Insect with a blackish-brown body and long antennae, good at jumping. The males are aggressive, and the friction of their wings can make noise, which is harmful to crops. Also known as "promote weaving", "tend to weave"; commonly known as "crickets".

Traditional Chinese: 蟋, radical: 虫, pinyin: xī

Stroke: 17, Structure: Left-Right, Five Elements: Jin

Initial and final decomposition: 虫悉, component decomposition: 虫_心, variant:螅

Explanations for the group words:

1. Cricket

[xī shuài]?

Insects, black-brown body, very long antennae, thick hind legs, good at jumping. The tail has a pair of tail whiskers. The males are aggressive, and their wings can make sounds when rubbed together. Living in shady and wet places, eating plant roots, stems and seeds, harmful to agriculture. Also called promote weaving, some areas called crickets.

2, fighting crickets

[dòu xī shuài]?

Also known as "_cricket". A kind of game that makes crickets fight each other. It is said to have begun in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Dynasty (1644-1911), when it was first practiced. The Chinese name for this game is "_cricket_" (蟋蟀).

Story about Cricket:

The stars blinked in the sky. The cricket was on a rock by the lotus pond, playing a violin with a melodious sound. Small insects flew over, and they gathered around the cricket, listening quietly. "It would be nice to be accompanied!" One little insect said. "Chatter quack quack quack! Rattle croak croak croak!" The frogs listened, formed a circle, and sang. "It would be nice to have someone to dance with!" A small insect said. The fireflies formed a circle and danced, and a shining circle of light appeared in the sky.

Cricket Nei played one tune after another, and more and more insects came to listen. "Cricket Spit is such a musician!" A little boy also sat by the pond, his chin in his hands, listening attentively to nature's music with a happy smile.