Chinese symbol for “squirm”
蠕
rú
to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle; Taiwan pr. [ruan3]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squirm is 蠕 (rú), defined as: to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle; Taiwan pr. [ruan3].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “squirm”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蠕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠕虫 (蠕蟲) | rú chóng | worm |
| 蠕动 (蠕動) | rú dòng | to wiggle; to squirm |
| 蠕变 (蠕變) | rú biàn | creep (materials science) |
| 蠕蠕 | rú rú | wiggling; squirming |
| 肠蠕动 (腸蠕動) | cháng rú dòng | peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) |
| 蠕动前进 (蠕動前進) | rú dòng qián jìn | wriggle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squirm”.
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.