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蠕 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ゼン・ダ・ネン・ジュ・ニュぜん・だ・ねん・じゅ・にゅ · zen · da · nen · ju · nyu
Kun
うごめ.くugome.ku
Meaning
to squirm; to move by waves

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 需 as phonetic: the slow wriggling movement of a worm.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蠕動ぜんどう

    peristalsis; a wriggling motion

  • 蠕くうごめく

    to squirm

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

腸(ちょう)が蠕動(ぜんどう)して食物(しょくもつ)を送(おく)る。

The gut moves in waves and carries the food along.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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