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Chinese symbol for “wiggle”

蠕动
rú dòng
Traditional: 蠕動
to wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wiggle is 蠕动 (rú dòng), defined as: to wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

蠕 rú
wasp; to wriggle, to squirm
radical 142 ⾍ · 20 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wiggle”

WordPinyinMeaning
蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish
蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蠕动.

WordPinyinMeaning
蠕虫 (蠕蟲)rú chóngworm
蠕变 (蠕變)rú biàncreep (materials science)
蠕蠕rú rúwiggling; squirming
肠蠕动 (腸蠕動)cháng rú dòngperistalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
蠕动前进 (蠕動前進)rú dòng qián jìnwriggle
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action

See also: Japanese symbol for “wiggle”.

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.

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