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inch-worm

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
huò
ワク、カク
확
Components
虫 insects+ 蒦 measure =
蠖 inch-worm
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
worm
蒦 Phonetic component
huò measure
to measure
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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)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蠖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蠖 [huò]
looper caterpillar
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
尺蠖 [chǐ​huò] #62,661
looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae
尺蠖蛾 [chǐ​huò​'é]
moth in family Geometridae
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
枝尺蠖 [えだしゃくとり]
geometer moth caterpillar