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Character « 蠖 »

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Character
蠖
(19 stroke)
Radical
虫 (虫)
(+13 stroke)
Pinyin
huò
yuè

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UnicodeU+8816

蠖 (蠖) huò

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 〔尺～〕尺蠖蛾的幼虫，生长在树上，行动时身体一屈一伸地前进，是害虫。简称“蠖”，如“～屈”（喻人不得志，屈身退隐。意为暂时的屈身是为求得日后的伸展）。

Noun

昆虫名。尺蠖的省称 [looper;inchworm]。尺蠖蛾的幼虫,生长在树上,颜色像树皮色,行动时身体一屈一伸地前进。北方称步曲,南方称造桥虫

尺蠖,屈伸虫也。从虫,蒦声,一名步屈。——《说文》

麋筋斥蠖。——《考工记·弓人》
又如:蠖屈(形容像尺蠖一样的屈曲之形);蠖屈不伸(如尺蠖之屈而不伸。喻人不得志);蠖屈鼠伏(形容卑躬屈膝向人讨好的样子)