Chinese Character Wiki

螻

lóu

a mole cricket

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

婁 sound component

婁  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

螻 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
螻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
螻 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
螻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蝼 (螻) 

lóu

a mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis; see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lóu​gū]

Most common words with 螻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蝼蚁

lit. mole cricket and ants

蝼蛄

mole cricket

蝼

mole cricket

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5523rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

蝼

Unicode

U+87BB

Shuowen

“螻，螻蛄也。从虫，婁聲。一曰天螻。”


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