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蛞

kuò

Character

What 蛞 means

1. used in {蛞蝼|kuò lóu}
2. used in {蛞蝓|kuò yú}

Example sentences

• 蛞蝓正在吃我们的生菜。
  Slugs are eating our lettuce.

Words starting with 蛞

• 蛞蝓kuò yú(zoology) slug
• 蛞蝼kuò lóumole cricket (Gryllotalpa)

Words containing 蛞

• 海蛞蝓hǎi kuò yúsea slug

Characters built on 舌

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

• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 括kuò(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 聒guōraucous; clamor; unpleasantly noisy

Characters that look like 蛞

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

• 蛙wāfrog
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 蛎lìoyster
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa

Sounds the same

Read kuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 括(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 扩to enlarge
• 阔rich; wide; broad
• 廓(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 漷clashing of two currents
• 鞹leather
• 髺hair rolled up in a bun
• 适see 李适
• 霩variant of 廓