蜣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiāng
Cantonese: goeng1
JapaneseOn: KYOU KOU KYAKU KAKU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dung beetle

CE-Dict: dung beetle

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a dung beetle

1.a dung beetle

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蜣
【唐韻】去羊切【韻會】墟羊切【正韻】驅羊切，𠀤音羌。【玉篇】蜣蜋，啖糞蟲也。【爾雅·釋蟲】蛣蜣，蜣蜋。【疏】蛣蜣，一名蜣蜋。黑甲，翅在甲下。噉糞土，喜取糞作丸而轉之。《莊子》蛣蜣之智在于轉丸是也。【古今注】蜣蜋能以土苞糞推轉成丸，圓正無斜角。一曰轉丸，一曰弄丸。【關尹子·四符篇】蜣蜋轉丸，丸成而精思之，而有蝡白者存丸中，俄去殻成蟬。【埤雅】蛣蜣無鼻而聞香。

CF-Dict: bousier

Han-De-Dict: Mistkäfer (u.E.) (S, Bio)