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earthworm

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
yǐn
ズ、イン
みみず
인
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 引 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 引 draw =
蚓 earthworm
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
引 Phonetic component
yǐn draw
to pull, draw out, attract
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蚓 [yǐn]
earthworm
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
蚯蚓 [qiū​yǐn] #20,684
earthworm
JAPANESE WORDS (11)
蚯蚓 [ミミズ] #52,914
earthworm
ミミズ腫れ [みみずばれ] #85,954
wale (on the skin)
磯蚯蚓 [いそめ] #228,574
eunicid (any worm of family Eunicidae)
糸ミミズ [イトミミズ] #306,062
tubifex worm
枷蚯蚓 [かせみみず]
Epimenia verrucosa (mollusc)
バルカン蚯蚓蜥蜴 [バルカンみみずとかげ]
Iberian worm lizard (Blanus cinereus)
岩磯蚯蚓 [いわいそめ]
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
縞蚯蚓 [シマミミズ]
brandling (Eisenia fetida)
蚯蚓蜥蜴 [みみずとかげ]
worm lizard
蚯蚓鯊 [みみずはぜ]
flat-headed goby (Luciogobius guttatus)
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