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蛑

móu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 蝤蛑, the swimming crab
  2. 2 (classical) a root-eating crop pest

Examples

蝤蛑就是梭子蟹，是一种大海蟹。
Qiú móu jiùshì suōzixiè, shì yì zhǒng dà hǎi xiè.
The qiumou is the swimming crab, a kind of large sea crab.

Tips

history
蛑 is not used alone in modern Chinese. It appears chiefly in the bound name 蝤蛑 (qiúmóu), the swimming crab. An older sense, shared with 蟊, was a root-eating pest.
register
Classical and dialectal; the common word for the crab today is 梭子蟹.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
creature; bug
虫 is the creature radical, used for crabs, insects and other small animals.
phonetic
牟 móu
to seek; (of cattle) to low
牟 supplies the sound móu directly, with no tone change.

Stroke Order

蛑 móu