Chinese Character Wiki

蝡

rú

eumenes polifomis

Evolution

蝡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝡 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

蝡  

rú

eumenes polifomis, kind of wasp

蠕 (蝡) 

rú

variant of 蠕[rú]

Most common words with 蝡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蠕动

to wiggle

蠕虫

worm

蠕

to squirm

蠕变

creep (materials science)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3512th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+8761

Shuowen

“蝡，動也。从虫，耎聲。”


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