蛩

Mandarin · pinyin qióng

Meanings

  1. anxious
  2. grasshopper
  3. a cricket
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蛩
qióng · cricket, locust; anxious
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character

  1. (archaic) cricket
  2. (archaic) locust
  3. name of a mythical beast; used in 蛩蛩
  4. name of a mythical beast; used in 蛩蛩 — sad and apprehensive

character

  1. (obsolete) centipede

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