Chinese symbol for “centipede”
蜈蚣
wú gōng
centipede
The closest CC-CEDICT match for centipede is 蜈蚣 (wú gōng), defined as: centipede.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “centipede”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百足 | bǎi zú | centipede; millipede |
| 百脚 (百腳) | bǎi jiǎo | centipede |
| 百足虫 (百足蟲) | bǎi zú chóng | centipede |
| 蝍 | jí | a centipede |
See also: Japanese symbol for “centipede”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.