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蠖

huò

Character

What 蠖 means

1. looper caterpillar

Words containing 蠖

• 尺蠖chǐ huòlooper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae; inch worm
• 尺蠖蛾chǐ huò émoth in family Geometridae

Characters built on 蒦

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

• 镬huòwok (dialect); cauldron (old)
• 嚄huò(interj.) oh!
• 彟huòsee 武士彟; old variant of 蒦

Sounds the same

Read huò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或maybe; perhaps; might
• 获(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 货goods; money; commodity
• 霍(literary) suddenly
• 惑to confuse; to be puzzled
• 祸disaster; misfortune; calamity
• 嚯(onomatopoeia) expressing admiration or surprise; (onomatopoeia) sound of a laugh
• 豁open; clear; liberal-minded; generous; to exempt; to remit
• 和to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• 镬wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
• 藿Lophanthus rugosus; beans
• 嚄(interj.) oh!