Memory phrase for the character: 蜗

蜗

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Meaning

snail, see 蜗牛

Pronunciation

wō

Explanation

Left: insect 虫, right: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)

Mnemonic

The insect with a big mouth (relative to the body) is this snail.

Radicals

虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
呙	gossip, chat, jaw	His mouth 口 is as big as the chest 内, because he likes gossips.
肙	small worm	As big as its head 口 is the body 月/肉 of this worm.

Vocabulary

蜗蜒	wō yán	snail
蚁斗蜗争	yǐ dòu wō zhēng	lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
蜗行	wō xíng	snail's pace
蜗行	wō xíng

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