Chinese symbol for “curled”
蜷曲
quán qū
twisted; coiled; curled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curled is 蜷曲 (quán qū), defined as: twisted; coiled; curled.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “curled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬈 | quán | to curl; curled |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜷曲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜷缩 (蜷縮) | quán suō | to curl up; to huddle |
| 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)) |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
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.