kuò
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蛞蝓) slug
  2. 2 (in 蛞蝼) mole cricket

Examples

雨后花园小路爬满蛞蝓
Yǔhòu, huāyuán xiǎolù shàng pámǎn le kuòyú.
After the rain, slugs appeared all over the garden path.

Tips

usage
A bound character with no standalone meaning. It appears only in 蛞蝓 (slug) and the less common 蛞蝼 (mole cricket). You will never see it used by itself.

Components

radical
chóng
insect; bug; creeping creature
Insect radical on the left, , marking a small crawling creature. It puts this character in the bug-and-mollusk family alongside snail and ant.
phonetic
shé
tongue
Right side here serves only as a sound marker for the kuò reading; it contributes no tongue-related meaning to this slug name.

Stroke Order

kuò