蠕 — Chinese character
蠕
rú
wasp; to wriggle, to squirm
- Pinyin
- rú
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 20
- Components
- 虫 需
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 需
- Japanese
- 蠕 as a kanji
Common words with 蠕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠕虫 (蠕蟲) | rú chóng | worm |
| 蠕动 (蠕動) | rú dòng | to wiggle; to squirm |
| 蠕变 (蠕變) | rú biàn | creep (materials science) |
| 蠕蠕 | rú rú | wiggling; squirming |
| 肠蠕动 (腸蠕動) | cháng rú dòng | peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) |
| 蠕动前进 (蠕動前進) | rú dòng qián jìn | wriggle |
| 蠕形动物 (蠕形動物) | rú xíng dòng wù | soft-bodied organisms; vermes (obsolete taxonomic term) |
| 蠕滑 | rú huá | creep (friction mechanics) |
English words written with 蠕
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.