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蚯
qiū

earthworm

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

丘
丘 Sound component
qiū hill

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjuw[k]ʷʰə蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm
Zhengzhangkʰʷɯ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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