蠕 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ゼン・ダ・ネン・ジュ・ニュ
- Kun
- うごめ.く
- Meaning
- to squirm; to move by waves
Origin
Insect 虫 with 需 as phonetic: the slow wriggling movement of a worm.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蠕動ぜんどう
peristalsis; a wriggling motion
- 蠕くうごめく
to squirm
Example
腸が蠕動して食物を送る。
The gut moves in waves and carries the food along.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)