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蜈

wú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蜈蚣) centipede

Examples

HSK 7-9
一条蜈蚣从石头下面爬了出来。
Yì tiáo wúgōng cóng shítou xiàmiàn pá le chūlái.
A centipede crawled out from under the rock.
HSK 7-9
蜈蚣的脚很多，所以也叫百足。
Wúgōng de jiǎo hěnduō, suǒyǐ yě jiào bǎizú.
A centipede has many legs, so people also call it a hundred-foot.

Tips

usage
蜈 is a bound character: it never stands alone and appears only in 蜈蚣 ('centipede'). Learn the two-character word as a unit.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; worm; bug
The insect radical 虫 on the left places 蜈 among creeping-creature words - appropriate for a many-legged centipede.
phonetic
吴 wú
Wu (a surname; ancient state)
吴 gives the sound wú directly, with no tone change. It contributes nothing to the meaning here.

Stroke Order

蜈 wú