蠢
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stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 21
- Radical
- 虫 +15
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蠢
- Common rank
- #2,610
- Unicode
- U+8822
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 蠢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠢人 | fool; imbecile | |
| 蠢动 | to wriggle; (fig.) to stir up trouble; (of a sentiment) to stir | |
| 蠢事 | folly | |
| 可蠢 | (dialect) unbearable; embarrassing | |
| 蠢话 | foolish talk; nonsense | |
| 蠢汉 | fool; ignoramus; dullard | |
| 蠢货 | blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool | |
| 蠢蛋 | fool; dolt | |
| 蠢蠢欲动 | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless; to become threatening | |
| 犯蠢 | to do sth stupid | |
| 蠢才 | variant of 蠢材[chun3 cai2] | |
| 蠢猪 | stupid swine; idiot | |
| 蠢材 | idiot | |
| 蠢驴 | silly ass | |
| 愚蠢 | silly; stupid | |
| 蠢笨 | stupid |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 春 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春 sound part | springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton | |
| 椿 | Chinese toon tree; father (poetic) | |
| 蝽 | bedbug |