Memory phrase for the character: 蜷
蜷
Meaning
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm) Pronunciation quán Explanation Left: insect 虫 , right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二 , like a crouching person 㔾 , is rolled on.)
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The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls. Radicals
虫
insect Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.
卷
to roll (up), sweep up
龹
border guard The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms 二 . This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
㔾
slumped person (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 , sitting cross-legged 夂 , lying ⺈ , skilled才 , bending マ ,卩 , or husband 夫 )
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Vocabulary
蜷卧 quán wò
to curl up; to lie curled up
9248
蜷缩 quán suō
to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing
9249
进道若蜷
jìn dào ruò quán
entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory
9247
进道若蜷
jìn dào ruò quán
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) and two barrier bars 二. This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
, kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
