Dictionary › 蠕

蠕

rú

Character

What 蠕 means

1. to squirm
2. to wiggle
3. to wriggle
4. Taiwan pr. ruǎn

Other readings

蠕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rúvariant of {蠕|rú}

Words starting with 蠕

• 蠕动rú dòngto wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
• 蠕滑rú huácreep (friction mechanics)
• 蠕虫rú chóngworm
• 蠕蠕rú rúwiggling; squirming
• 蠕变rú biàncreep (materials science)
• 蠕动前进rú dòng qián jìnwriggle
• 蠕形动物rú xíng dòng wùsoft-bodied organisms; vermes (obsolete taxonomic term)

Words containing 蠕

• 肠蠕动cháng rú dòngperistalsis (wave movement of gut wall)

Characters built on 需

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

• 儒rúscholar; Confucian
• 孺rúchild
• 濡rúdilatory; to moisten
• 嚅rúchattering
• 襦rújacket; short coat
• 薷rúused in 香薷
• 颥rúsee 颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

Characters that look like 蠕

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

• 耀yàobrilliant; glorious
• 躏lìnused in 蹂躏
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 醺xūnhelplessly intoxicated
• 糯nuò(bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous

Sounds the same

Read rú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 如as; as if; such as
• 儒scholar; Confucian
• 茹to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 濡dilatory; to moisten
• 孺child
• 嚅chattering
• 铷rubidium (chemistry)
• 筎thin outside skin of bamboo
• 襦jacket; short coat
• 薷used in 香薷
• 曘color of the sun; dark
• 袽old rags