Read Edit View history 蝸 wō a snail Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 蜗 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝸 Simp strokes 蝸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝸 Simp strokes 蝸 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蝸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 104, 517 ], [ 126, 499 ], [ 136, 480 ], [ 168, 338 ] ], [ [ 153, 514 ], [ 169, 506 ], [ 238, 518 ], [ 333, 545 ], [ 369, 539 ], [ 388, 518 ], [ 367, 451 ], [ 345, 432 ] ], [ [ 181, 365 ], [ 194, 375 ], [ 329, 405 ], [ 384, 400 ] ], [ [ 209, 734 ], [ 255, 698 ], [ 257, 679 ], [ 253, 268 ], [ 237, 241 ] ], [ [ 69, 183 ], [ 121, 167 ], [ 329, 249 ], [ 346, 249 ] ], [ [ 340, 311 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Q 754 759 703 726 Q 625 696 537 676 C 508 669 525 636 553 646 Q 559 647 567 651 Q 640 669 710 686 Q 728 690 736 684 Q 757 669 752 592 L 750 561 Q 743 485 732 418 C 727 388 784 403 785 433 Z", "M 657 546 Q 706 556 750 561 C 780 564 780 582 752 592 L 751 593 Q 729 596 649 570 C 620 561 628 540 657 546 Z", "M 657 404 Q 657 473 657 546 C 657 564 657 564 649 570 Q 633 583 619 590 Q 610 591 603 589 Q 597 585 600 577 Q 610 552 617 472 Q 618 442 623 398 C 626 368 657 374 657 404 Z", "M 455 376 Q 436 385 422 383 Q 410 379 416 369 Q 452 302 427 174 Q 415 129 417 123 Q 417 99 437 79 Q 444 67 452 73 Q 477 92 479 211 Q 479 278 482 346 C 483 365 483 365 455 376 Z", "M 482 346 Q 492 347 507 351 Q 790 409 834 388 Q 847 382 849 353 Q 853 215 841 109 Q 838 87 826 84 Q 814 80 755 94 Q 742 97 742 88 Q 743 79 760 69 Q 796 35 822 -2 Q 838 -20 854 -19 Q 869 -18 890 23 Q 915 65 915 108 Q 914 211 914 308 Q 913 345 931 375 Q 946 391 930 408 Q 911 427 867 445 Q 843 458 823 445 Q 807 441 785 433 L 732 418 Q 726 418 722 416 Q 688 410 657 404 L 623 398 Q 589 394 560 388 L 521 383 Q 481 379 455 376 C 425 373 453 340 482 346 Z", "M 570 301 Q 563 305 545 308 Q 535 311 532 307 Q 528 303 533 289 Q 552 250 562 186 Q 563 167 575 154 Q 588 136 593 148 Q 596 157 596 171 L 594 200 Q 587 258 587 277 Q 587 278 588 279 C 590 292 590 292 570 301 Z", "M 722 211 Q 738 259 756 272 Q 777 293 758 306 Q 742 316 721 332 Q 705 342 689 333 Q 665 320 634 313 Q 607 306 570 301 C 540 297 558 274 588 279 Q 628 286 664 293 Q 688 297 692 288 Q 696 284 691 261 Q 687 240 679 217 C 669 189 712 183 722 211 Z", "M 596 171 Q 603 171 613 172 Q 650 179 733 182 Q 742 183 743 190 Q 743 197 722 211 L 679 217 L 677 217 Q 631 207 594 200 C 565 194 566 170 596 171 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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