Chinese Character Wiki

蝼

lóu

a mole cricket

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

娄 sound component

娄  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

蝼 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
蝼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝼 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
蝼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蝼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

蝼 (螻) 

lóu

a mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis; see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lóu​gū]

Most common words with 蝼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蝼蚁

lit. mole cricket and ants

蝼蛄

mole cricket

蝼

mole cricket

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5523rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

螻

Unicode

U+877C


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