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millipede

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
yán
エン、タン
연
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 延 prolong =
蜒 millipede
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
延 Phonetic component
yán prolong
delay, postpone, defer
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛋 egg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)
Chinese
蜒 [yán]
slug
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
蜿蜒 [wān​yán] #29,719
to wriggle
蚰蜒 [yóu​yan] #67,292
earwig
蚰蜒路 [yóu​yan​lù]
lit. centipede's path
蜒蚰 [yán​yóu]
(dialect) a slug
蜗蜒 [wō​yán]
snail
蜗蜒 [wō​yán]
snail
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 延々 [えんえん] #5,935
endlessly
⭐ 蜻蛉 [とんぼ] #39,453
dragonfly
蜉蝣 [かげろう] #129,734
mayfly
蚰蜒 [げじげじ] #239,960
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)
蜿蜿長蛇 [えんえんちょうだ] #279,864
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
蚰蜒眉 [げじげじまゆ] #312,511
bushy eyebrows
蚰蜒羊歯 [げじげじしだ]
Japanese beech fern (Thelypteris decursive-pinnata)