蛆 — Chinese character
蛆
qū
maggot
- Pinyin
- qū
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 虫 且
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 且
- Japanese
- 蛆 as a kanji
Common words with 蛆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛆虫 (蛆蟲) | qū chóng | maggot |
| 蝇蛆 (蠅蛆) | yíng qū | fly larva; maggot |
| 如蛆附骨 | rú qū fù gǔ | lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom); fig. fixed on sth |
| 粪蛆 (糞蛆) | fèn qū | muckworm |
| 蝇蛆病 (蠅蛆病) | yíng qū bìng | myiasis |
English words written with 蛆
蛆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: 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.