螬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 17

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cáo
Cantonese: cou4
JapaneseOn: SOU ZOU SHUU JU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: grubs in fruit

CE-Dict: larva of Mimela lucidula

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a grub (the larva of a beetle)

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】螬
〔古文〕𧕐【唐韻】昨勞切【韻會】【正韻】財勞切，𠀤音曹。【爾雅·釋蟲】蟦，蠐螬。【註】在糞土中者。【莊子·至樂篇】烏足之根爲蠐螬。【本草】一名乳齊，一名地蠶，一名應條，大者如足大指，以背滾行。【說文長箋】曹，猶官曹，言多也，故从曹。

CF-Dict: larve de mimela lucidula