蜿蜒 wānyán meander Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蜿 wān, wǎn creep Crooked 宛 like an insect 虫; 宛 also provides the pronunciation Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 宛 宛 SoundMeaning component wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqoːnqonqonʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 蜒 yán, yàn, dàn millipede Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 延 延 Sound component yán delay Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhanglanUnicodedhěn Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
