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蛆

qū

Character

What 蛆 means

1. maggot

Words starting with 蛆

• 蛆虫qū chóngmaggot

Words containing 蛆

• 粪蛆fèn qūmuckworm
• 蝇蛆yíng qūfly larva; maggot
• 蝇蛆病yíng qū bìngmyiasis
• 如蛆附骨rú qū fù gǔlit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom); fig. fixed on sth…

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop

Characters that look like 蛆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea

Sounds the same

Read qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 区area; region; district
• 趋to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 屈bent; to feel wronged
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 祛sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening
• 黢black; dark