Chinese Character Wiki

蟥

huáng

leech

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

worm

黄 sound component

黄  Sound component

huáng

  

yellow

Evolution

蟥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蟥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蟥  

huáng

leech; horse-leech

Most common words with 蟥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蚂蟥

leech

蟥

horse-leech

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6026th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+87E5

Shuowen

“蟥，蟥也。从虫，黃聲。”


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