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