蛄

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gū, gǔ
Cantonese: gu1
JapaneseKun: KERA
JapaneseOn: KO KU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mole cricket

CE-Dict: see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a mole cricket

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛄螻蛄也。从虫古聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蛄
【唐韻】古胡切【韻會】【正韻】攻乎切，𠀤音孤。【說文】螻蛄也。【揚子·方言】螻螲謂之螻蛄。【本草】一名天螻，一名仙蛄。穴土而居，有短翅，四足。雄者善鳴而飛，雌者腹大羽小，不善飛翔，吸風食土，喜就燈光。【爾雅疏】鼫鼠，蔡邕以爲螻蛄。　又【玉篇】蟪蛄也。【揚子·方言】蛥蚗，楚謂之蟪蛄。【莊子·逍遙遊】蟪蛄不知春秋。【註】春生者夏死，夏生者秋死，故不知春秋。　又【揚子·方言】蛄䗐謂之强䖹。

CF-Dict: Gryllotalpidae/courtilière