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蟓

xiàng

Character

What 蟓 means

1. silkworm

Characters built on 象

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

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 橡xiàngoak; Quercus serrata

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 向towards; to face; to turn towards
• 像to resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 象elephant; shape; form
• 项back of neck; item; thing
• 橡oak; Quercus serrata
• 巷lane; alley
• 相appearance; portrait; picture
• 珦a kind of jade
• 衖variant of 巷