Chinese Character Wiki

蚺

rán

a boa constrictor

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

worm

冉 sound component

冉  Sound component

rǎn

  

drooping

Evolution

蚺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蚺  

rán

a boa constrictor; boa

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6411th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+86BA

Shuowen

“蚦，大蛇。可食。从虫，冄聲。”


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