蚰

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yóu, zhú
Cantonese: jau4
JapaneseOn: YUU
Korean: YU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: millipede

CE-Dict: see 蚰蜒, earwig/house centipede

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a millipede; a milleped

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蚰
【唐韻】以周切【集韻】夷周切，𠀤音由。【玉篇】蚰蜒。【爾雅·註疏】此蟲象蜈蚣，黃色而細長，呼爲吐舌。按《方言》云：蚰𧍢，自關而東謂之螾𧍢，或謂之入耳，或謂之䗅𧕯，趙魏之閒或謂之蚨虶，北燕謂之䖡蚭，江東人呼蛩，皆今蚰蜒，喜入耳者也。【本草】蚰蜒，長寸餘，死亦踡曲如環。【王逸·九思】巷有兮蚰蜒。　又【集韻】佇六切，同𧏿。【爾雅疏】蛝蟲，俗呼馬𧏿。《方言》云：馬蚿，其大者謂之馬蚰是也。蚰音逐。

CF-Dict: scolopendre

Han-De-Dict: Spinnenläufer (u.E.)