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蠕

蠕

Translingual

Han character

蠕 (radical 142 虫+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一月月 (LIMBB), four-corner 51127, composition ⿰虫需)

References

  • KangXi: page 1100, character 50
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33749
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1564, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2900, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8815

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蠕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (需) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
羺 *noː
獳 *noː
擩 *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳 *noːs
懦 *noːls, *njo
糯 *noːls
需 *sno
繻 *sno, *njo
鑐 *sno
儒 *njo
濡 *njo, *noːn
襦 *njo
嚅 *njo
顬 *njo
鱬 *njo
嬬 *njo
臑 *njo
醹 *njo, *njoʔ
蠕 *njo
孺 *njos

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠕
Reading # 1/1
No. 13980
Phonetic
component		 需
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 儒
Old
Chinese		 /*njo/
Notes 見史記說文作蝡

Definitions

蠕

  1. eumenes polifomis, kind of wasp; worm
  2. to squirm, to wiggle, to wriggle

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蠕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 蠕形動物 (ぜんけいどうぶつ) ‎(zenkei dōbutsu)
  • 蠕蠕 (ぜんぜん) ‎(zenzen)
  • 蠕虫 (ぜんちゅう) ‎(zenchū, “worm”)
  • 蠕動 (ぜんどう) ‎(zendō)

Vietnamese

Han character

蠕 (nhuyễn)

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