蠕
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to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle; Taiwan pr. [ruan3]
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 虫 +14
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蠕
- Common rank
- #3,352
- Unicode
- U+8815
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 蠕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠕形动物 | soft-bodied organisms; vermes (obsolete taxonomic term) | |
| 蠕动前进 | wriggle | |
| 肠蠕动 | peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) | |
| 蠕动 | to wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) | |
| 蠕变 | creep (materials science) | |
| 蠕虫 | worm | |
| 蠕滑 | creep (friction mechanics) | |
| 蠕蠕 | wiggling; squirming |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 需 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound part | to need, to require; must | |
| 儒 | Confucian scholar | |
| 糯 | glutinous rice; sticky, viscous | |
| 濡 | to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp | |
| 孺 | child; blood relation; affection | |
| 嚅 | to mumble, to stutter | |
| 懦 | weak, timid, cowardly | |
| 薷 | Elshotria paltrini | |
| 颥 | the temporal bone | |
| 襦 | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |