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猬

蝟
wèi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 hedgehog

Examples

HSK 6
箭插得像猬毛一样密。
Jiàn chā de xiàng wèi máo yíyàng mì.
Arrows stuck out as thick as a hedgehog's spines.
HSK 7-9
刺猬遇到危险就缩成一团。
Cìwei yùdào wēixiǎn jiù suōchéng yì tuán.
When a hedgehog meets danger it curls into a ball.

Tips

usage
猬 almost always appears in 刺猬 (hedgehog), literally 'thorn hedgehog'. The image of dense spines also drives expressions about things bristling or crowding together.

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
dog; animal radical
The side-form of the dog radical, marking the character as an animal. It groups the hedgehog with the many beast names that take this radical.
phonetic
胃 wèi
stomach
Provides the sound, read 胃 on its own and unchanged here. It is purely phonetic and adds no meaning to the animal.

Stroke Order

猬 wèi