móu

a marine crab

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

牟 sound component

  Sound component

móu

  

seek, get

Evolution

蛑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蛑 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蛑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

móu

a marine crab; marine crab

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5555th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+86D1

Shuowen

“蝥,螌蝥也。从虫,敄聲。”


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