technical
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Meaning of

蠕 means to wriggle; to squirm; annelid; worm-like animal. Pronounced rú.

  • to wriggle; to squirm
  • annelid; worm-like animal

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Qiū
yǐn
zài
dòng
 

Earthworms wriggle in the soil.

Máo
chóng
zài
piàn
shàng
màn
huǎn
xíng
 

A caterpillar crawls slowly across the leaf.

Shāng
kǒu
zhōu
wéi
de
ròu
kāi
shǐ
dòng
 

The muscles around the wound began to twitch and squirm.

Zhè
zhǒng
ruǎn
dòng
kào
shēn
dòng
qián
jìn
 

This soft-bodied animal moves forward by wriggling its body.

wēn
xià
 
kūn
chóng
de
yòu
chóng
réng
zài
màn
huǎn
dòng
 

Even in low temperatures, insect larvae still wriggle slowly.