Chinese symbol for “maggot”
蛆
qū
maggot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maggot is 蛆 (qū), defined as: maggot.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “maggot”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蛆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛆虫 (蛆蟲) | qū chóng | maggot |
| 蝇蛆 (蠅蛆) | yíng qū | fly larva; maggot |
| 如蛆附骨 | rú qū fù gǔ | lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom); fig. fixed on sth |
| 粪蛆 (糞蛆) | fèn qū | muckworm |
| 蝇蛆病 (蠅蛆病) | yíng qū bìng | myiasis |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maggot”.
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.