Chinese Character Wiki

蛸

shāo, xiāo

long legged spider

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

mollusk

肖 sound component

肖  Sound component

xiào, xiāo

  

look like

Evolution

蛸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蛸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蛸  

shāo

long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis; long-legged spider

蛸  

xiāo

see 螵蛸[piāo​xiāo]

Most common words with 蛸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蛸

long-legged spider

海螵蛸

cuttlebone (used in TCM)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6545th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+86F8

Shuowen

“蛸，蛸，堂蜋子。从虫，肖聲。”


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