蠖 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ワク・カク
- Kun
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- Meaning
- an inchworm
Origin
Insect 虫 with 蒦 as phonetic: the inchworm that loops its body to move.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 尺蠖しゃくとりむし
an inchworm
- 尺蠖の屈せっかくのくつ
drawing back in order to spring forward
Example
尺蠖の屈するは伸びんがため。
The inchworm draws in so that it may stretch out.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)