蚝 — Chinese character
蚝
háo
a poisonous hairy caterpillar
- Pinyin
- háo
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 虫 毛
- Formation
- ideographic — A hairy 毛 worm 虫; 毛 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 蚝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚝油 (蠔油) | háo yóu | oyster sauce |
| 生蚝 (生蠔) | shēng háo | raw oyster |
| 蚝菇 (蠔菇) | háo gū | oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) |
| 蚝豉 (蠔豉) | háo chǐ | dried oyster meat |
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.