蜷 — Chinese character
蜷
quán
to curl one's body; to wriggle like a worm
- Pinyin
- quán
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 虫 卷
- Formation
- ideographic — To curl up 卷 like a worm 虫; 卷 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 蜷 as a kanji
Common words with 蜷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜷缩 (蜷縮) | quán suō | to curl up; to huddle |
| 蜷曲 | quán qū | twisted; coiled |
| 蜷伏 | quán fú | to curl up; to lie with knees drawn up |
| 蜷局 | quán jú | to curl up; to coil |
| 蜷卧 (蜷臥) | quán wò | to curl up; to lie curled up |
| 进道若蜷 (進道若蜷) | jìn dào ruò quán | progress seems like regress (alternative wording for 进道若退 (jìn dào ruò tuì)) |
English words written with 蜷
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.