huò

inch-worm

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

worm

蒦 sound component

  Sound component

huò

  

catch, get

Evolution

蠖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蠖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蠖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huò

inch-worm; looper caterpillar

Most common words with 蠖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尺蠖

inch worm

looper caterpillar

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5010th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+8816

Shuowen

“蠖,尺蠖,屈申蟲。从虫,蒦聲。”


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