Kanji Detail for 蠖 - "inchworm, retreat"

蠖

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蠖 means "inchworm, retreat."
1. Inchworm - The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae (used in compound 尺蠖).
2. Retreat - To withdraw.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

inchworm; geometer

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

inch-worm; looper caterpillar

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

looper caterpillar

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

inch-worm; looper caterpiller

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

尺蠖 (inchworm). Larvae of moths. Two to three inches long. Brings head and tail together. Moves by bending and stretching. There are gray-green and brown varieties. A pest of mulberry, plum, and other trees. | A type of crab. Resembles a crab but with larger shell. Pincers have ridged edges like saws. Appears in "Minzhong Haicuo Shu."
Onyomi

kaku(かく)

waku(わく)
Kunyomi

kaku.reru(かくれる)

shirizo.ku(しりぞく)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
inchworm larva moth family geometridae retreat withdraw