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蠼

qú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蠼螋) an earwig (small insect with pincers at the rear of its body)

Examples

花盆底下藏着一只蠼螋。
Huāpén dǐxia cáng zhe yì zhī qúsōu.
An earwig was hiding under the flowerpot.
蠼螋的腹末有一对尾铗。
Qúsōu de fù mò yǒu yí duì wěijiá.
The earwig has a pair of pincers at the end of its abdomen.

Tips

usage
蠼 is a bound character, only in 蠼螋 (the earwig). An old, now dead reading jué named a kind of female monkey, but you will only meet the insect sense today.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; bug
虫 is the insect radical, here in left-side form. It marks 蠼 as a small creeping creature, the earwig.
phonetic
矍 jué
phonetic element (a startled glance)
矍 supplies the sound, here read qú. Its own meaning is unrelated; it works only as the phonetic beside the insect radical.

Stroke Order

蠼 qú