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蛆
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maggots

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
qū
ソ、ショ
うじ
저
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 且 moreover =
蛆 maggots
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
且 Phonetic component
qiě moreover
moreover, also (post-subject)
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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)
Chinese
蛆 [qū]
maggot
Japanese
蛆 うじ 、 ウジ 同音
noun usually kana maggot; larva; grub
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
肉にはウジがわいていた。
The meat was crawling with maggots.
CHINESE WORDS (5)
蛆虫 [qū​chóng] #23,626
maggot
蛆虫 [qū​chóng] #23,626
maggot
如蛆附骨 [rú​qū​fù​gǔ]
lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
粪蛆 [fèn​qū]
muckworm
粪蛆 [fèn​qū]
muckworm
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
蛆虫 [うじむし] #41,072
maggot
土ボタル [つちボタル] #215,550
glowworm
男やもめに蛆がわく [おとこやもめにうじがわく]
widowers are untidy