蜗

蝸

wō

noun #23,988

Meanings

1 snail (bound form)
2 (used in compounds relating to snails or slow movement)

Characters

snail (bound form)

Examples

蜗牛在雨后的叶子上慢慢爬行。

Wōniú zài yǔhòu de yèzi shàng mànman páxíng.

The snail slowly crawled on the leaves after the rain.

他蜗居在一间十平米的小屋里。

Tā wōjū zài yī jiān shí píngmǐ de xiǎo wū lǐ.

He lived crammed into a tiny ten-square-meter room.

Tips

usage

蜗 almost always appears in compounds: 蜗牛 (snail), 蜗居 (to live in a tiny cramped space), 蜗行 (to move at a snail's pace). Rarely used alone.

Stroke Order

蜗 wō