蠋

蠋 · zhú

caterpillar

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhú
Cantonese
zuk1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

caterpillar

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠋 zhú · caterpillar

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42897.060:zhú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1509.010:zhú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
484.140:zhú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhú粵zuk1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショク ゾク チョク ジク あおむし けむし いもむし Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
之欲 直録 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIWLI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5612.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1100.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
461.17 462.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1224d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+880B
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8036

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsyowk · 之欲 · 通開三入鍾章 · #3242
Middle Chinese
drjowk · 直録 · 通開三入鍾澄 · #3252

PHONO-ML, source line 16644; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1199.403
kDaeJaweon
1564.080
kGSR
1224d
kHanYu
42897.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1564.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42897.060
kIRGKangXi
1100.080
kKangXi
1100.080
kMatthews
5902
kMeyerWempe
2787g
kMorohashi
33703
kSBGY
461.17 462.38
kSMSZD2003Index
622.13
kCangjie
LIWLI
kFourCornerCode
5612.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023775
kPhonetic
1264
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6328
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F2E2
kIRG_JSource
J14-777C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72D2
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D5A
kIRG_TSource
T2-666D
kRSUnicode
142.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F2E2
kCCCII
232C5C
kCNS1986
2-666D
kCNS1992
2-666D
kEACC
232C5C
kGB3
6708
kGB8
9402
kJIS0213
2,87,92
kJis1
5977
kMainlandTelegraph
9241
kTGH
2013:8036
kTaiwanTelegraph
9158
kXerox
276:245
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15109+142.6.13
kCantonese
zuk1
kDefinition
caterpillar
kFanqie
之欲 直録
kHanyuPinyin
42897.060:zhú
kJapanese
ショク ゾク チョク ジク あおむし けむし いもむし
kJapaneseKun
KEMUSHI
kJapaneseOn
SHOKU DOKU ZOKU
kMandarin
zhú
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhú粵zuk1
kTGHZ2013
484.140:zhú
kXHC1983
1509.010:zhú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
虫 beside 蜀 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫蜀$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫蜀$(GHTJKP)

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