Chinese symbol for “grub”
蛴螬
qí cáo
Traditional: 蠐螬
scarab beetle larva; grub; 条 (tiáo)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grub is 蛴螬 (qí cáo), defined as: scarab beetle larva; grub; 条 (tiáo).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蛴螬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝤蛴 (蝤蠐) | qiú qí | (literary) longhorn beetle larva |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grub”.
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.