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蛞

kuò
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 4
雨后，花园小路上爬满了蛞蝓。
Yǔ hòu, 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
虫 chóng
insect; bug; creeping creature
Insect radical on the left, 虫, marking a small crawling creature. It puts this character in the bug-and-mollusk family alongside 蜗 snail and 蚂 ant.
phonetic
舌 shé
tongue
Right side 舌 here serves only as a sound marker for the kuò reading; it contributes no tongue-related meaning to this slug name.

Stroke Order

蛞 kuò