蜗 — Chinese character
蜗
wō
snail; Eulota callizoma
- Pinyin
- wō
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 虫 呙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mollusk; meaning component 虫; sound component 呙
- Traditional
- 蝸
Common words with 蜗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜗牛 (蝸牛) | wō niú | snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2] |
| 耳蜗 (耳蝸) | ěr wō | (anatomy) cochlea |
| 蜗居 (蝸居) | wō jū | humble abode; to live (in a tiny, cramped space) |
| 蜗杆 (蝸桿) | wō gǎn | worm (mechanical engineering) |
| 人工耳蜗 (人工耳蝸) | rén gōng ěr wō | cochlear implant |
| 无壳蜗牛 (無殼蝸牛) | wú ké wō niú | fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house |
| 蜗庐 (蝸廬) | wō lú | humble abode |
| 蜗旋 (蝸旋) | wō xuán | to spiral |
| 蜗杆副 (蝸桿副) | wō gǎn fù | worm-gear pair; worm drive |
| 蜗窗 (蝸窗) | wō chuāng | (anatomy) round window (one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear) |
| 蜗蜒 (蝸蜒) | wō yán | snail |
| 蜗行 (蝸行) | wō xíng | to advance at a snail's pace |
English words written with 蜗
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.