蠼

蠼 · qú

earwig

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qú
Cantonese
keoi4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

earwig

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠼 qú · used in 蠼螋 qú sōu

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42910.060:jué,qú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0944.130:qú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
308.160:qú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qú粵keoi4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キャク カク ク おおざる はさみむし Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
其俱 居縛 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIBUE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5614.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1104.370 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+883C
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
26
Residual strokes
20
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8105

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

26 strokes
蠼
Strokes
26
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

26 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gju · 其俱 · 遇合三平虞群 · #255
Middle Chinese
kjwak · 居縛 · 宕合三入陽見 · #3560

PHONO-ML, source line 2224; 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
1202.401
kDaeJaweon
1568.010
kHanYu
42910.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1568.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42910.060
kIRGKangXi
1104.370
kKangXi
1104.370
kMorohashi
33928
kSMSZD2003Index
624.08
kCangjie
LIBUE
kFourCornerCode
5614.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023841
kPhonetic
372
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-733D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F96E
kIRG_JSource
J14-7823
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-731D
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D78
kIRG_TSource
T2-715D
kRSUnicode
142.20
kTotalStrokes
26
kBigFive
F96E
kCCCII
232D3C
kCNS1986
2-715D
kCNS1992
2-715D
kEACC
232D3C
kGB0
8329
kGB1
8329
kJIS0213
2,88,03
kJis1
6002
kTGH
2013:8105
kXerox
321:140
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18633+142.6.20
kCantonese
keoi4
kDefinition
earwig
kFanqie
其俱 居縛
kHanyuPinyin
42910.060:jué,qú
kJapanese
キャク カク ク おおざる はさみむし
kJapaneseKun
OOZARU
kJapaneseOn
KYAKU KAKU KEKI KU
kMandarin
qú
kSMSZD2003Readings
qú粵keoi4
kTGHZ2013
308.160:qú
kXHC1983
0944.130:qú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蠼0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫矍$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.