螬 — Chinese character
螬
cáo
grubs found in fruit
- Pinyin
- cáo
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 虫 曹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 曹
Common words with 螬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛴螬 (蠐螬) | qí cáo | scarab beetle larva; grub; 条 (tiáo) |
English words written with 螬
螬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.