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Kanji Detail for 蜷 - "curl up, river snail"
蜷
- Meaning
蜷 means "curl up, river snail."
Curl up - For an insect to coil its body.
River snail - A freshwater gastropod (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
an edible river snail
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
creep like a worm; curl one's body
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina; wriggle (as a worm)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to curl one's body; to wriggle like a worm
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The winding movement of insects. Therefore things with curved shapes are called 蜷曲 (curled up).
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