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蝼
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a mole cricket

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
lóu
ロウ、ル
けら
루
Components
Traditional (螻)
虫 insects+ 婁 wear =
螻 a mole cricket
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
婁 Phonetic component
wear
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Simplified (蝼)
虫 insects+ 娄 constellation =
蝼 a mole cricket
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
娄 Phonetic component
lóu constellation
surname
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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 Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
螻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蝼 / 螻 [lóu]
see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lóu​gū]
Japanese
螻蛄 、 螻 けら 、 おけら 、 ろうこ 、 ケラ 、 オケラ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
  2. colloquialusually kana being penniless; being broke
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
螻 けら
Kera surname
CHINESE WORDS (5)
蝼蚁 [lóu​yǐ] #40,177
lit. mole cricket and ants
蝼蛄 [lóu​gū] #61,604
mole cricket
天蝼 [tiān​lóu]
mole cricket
蛞蝼 [kuò​lóu]
mole cricket (Gryllotalpa)
蝼蛄科 [lóu​gū​kē]
Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
虫けら [むしけら] #19,209
worm
螻蛄 [けら] #130,352
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
沙虫 [いさごむし] #250,505
caddis worm
トビケラ目 [トビケラもく]
Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies)
川螻蛄 [かわげら]
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
螻羽 [けらば]
edge of a gabled roof
螻蛄才 [けらざい]
being a jack of all trades and master of none
螻蛄芸 [けらげい]
being a jack of all trades and master of none
飛螻蛄 [とびけら]
caddisfly