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龌

wò

Character Traditional 齷

What 龌 means

1. dirty
2. small-minded

Words starting with 龌

• 龌龊wò chuòdirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
• 龌浊wò zhuófilthy; nasty; sordid

Words containing 龌

• 黑龌hēi wòunclean; filthy
• 卑鄙龌龊bēi bǐ wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
• 卑陋龌龊bēi lòu wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)

Characters built on 屋

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

• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 喔ō(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 幄wòtent

Characters that look like 龌

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

• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 螨mǎnmite
• 蹒pánused in 蹒跚; Taiwan pr. mán
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鳃sāigills of fish
• 镧lánlanthanum (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read wò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卧to lie; to crouch
• 握to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 沃fertile; rich; to irrigate
• 渥to enrich; to moisten
• 斡to turn
• 涴to soil
• 幄tent
• 肟oxime; oximide; -oxil (chemistry)
• 偓constrained
• 瓁uncarved jade
• 硪see 石硪