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Kanji Detail for 蠢 - "squirm, foolish"
蠢
- Meaning
蠢 means "squirm, foolish."
Squirm - To move in a wriggling, insect-like manner.
Foolish - Ignorant.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wriggle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wriggle; stupid; silly; fat
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 蠢[chun3]; stupid
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to wriggle; stupid, silly, fat
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Insects moving. Therefore restless people or things are said to 蠢動 (squirm). Also ignorance and inability to handle matters is called 蠢.
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