螬

螬 · cáo

grubs in fruit

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cáo
Cantonese
cou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

grubs in fruit

Dictionary definitions & readings

螬 cáo · used in 蠐螬 qí cáo

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42884.020:cáo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0107.030:cáo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
032.150:cáo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cáo粵cou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ ゾウ シュウ ジュ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昨勞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LITWA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5426.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1094.490 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.30 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1053d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87AC
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6231

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
螬
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
dzaw · 昨勞 · 效開一平豪從 · #719

PHONO-ML, source line 5887; 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
1197.108
kCowles
4788
kDaeJaweon
1559.240
kGSR
1053d
kHanYu
42884.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42884.020
kIRGKangXi
1094.490
kKangXi
1094.490
kMatthews
6738
kMeyerWempe
3423
kMorohashi
33493
kSBGY
158.30
kSMSZD2003Index
619.07
kCangjie
LITWA
kFourCornerCode
5426.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023663
kPhonetic
231
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7329
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE5D
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B5D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7279
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D21
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F2B
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE5D
kCCCII
232B72
kCNS1986
2-5F2B
kCNS1992
2-5F2B
kEACC
232B72
kGB0
8309
kGB1
8309
kJIS0213
1,91,61
kJis1
5943
kMainlandTelegraph
5834
kTGH
2013:6231
kTaiwanTelegraph
5834
kXerox
306:265
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15100+142.6.11
kCantonese
cou4
kDefinition
grubs in fruit
kFanqie
昨勞
kHanyuPinyin
42884.020:cáo
kJapanese
ソウ ゾウ シュウ ジュ
kJapaneseOn
SOU ZOU SHUU JU
kMandarin
cáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
cáo粵cou4
kTGHZ2013
032.150:cáo
kXHC1983
0107.030:cáo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 螬0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 曹 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫曹$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫曹$(GHTJKP)

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