Chinese symbol for “wriggle”
蠢动
chǔn dòng
Traditional: 蠢動
to wriggle; (fig.) to stir up trouble; (of a sentiment) to stir
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wriggle is 蠢动 (chǔn dòng), defined as: to wriggle; (fig.) to stir up trouble; (of a sentiment) to stir.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wriggle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠕动前进 (蠕動前進) | rú dòng qián jìn | wriggle |
| 蜷 | quán | to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle |
| 蠕 | rú | to squirm; to wiggle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蠢动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | silly; stupid |
| 蠢货 (蠢貨) | chǔn huò | blockhead; idiot |
| 蠢事 | chǔn shì | folly |
| 蠢蠢欲动 (蠢蠢欲動) | chǔn chǔn yù dòng | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless |
| 蠢蛋 | chǔn dàn | fool; dolt |
| 蠢人 | chǔn rén | fool; imbecile |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wriggle”.
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.