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蠕蠕
rú​rú

wriggling

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

蠕 rú eumenes polifomis

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蝡.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
需
需 Sound component
xū need

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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