蚓 — in

Parts that make up 蚓

How 蚓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蚓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 引.

Korean example words with 蚓

• 춘인春蚓 Korean gloss: 서화(書畫)에서 필세(筆勢)가 비뚤어지고 서투름을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
• 춘인추사春蚓秋蛇 Korean gloss: 봄철의 지렁이와 가을철의 뱀이라는 뜻으로, 글줄이 비뚤어지고 글씨가 가늘어 힘이 없음을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蚓

• 蚯蚓ミミズ earthworm; worm
• 磯蚯蚓いそめ eunicid (any worm of family Eunicidae)
• 縞蚯蚓シマミミズ brandling (Eisenia fetida)
• 枷蚯蚓かせみみず Epimenia verrucosa (mollusc)
• 蚯蚓鯊みみずはぜ flat-headed goby (Luciogobius guttatus)
• 岩磯蚯蚓いわいそめ Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
• 蚯蚓蜥蜴みみずとかげ worm lizard; amphisbaenian
• 蚯蚓鳴くみみずなく cry of earthworms (heard on autumn nights and rainy days)
• バルカン蚯蚓蜥蜴バルカンみみずとかげ Iberian worm lizard (Blanus cinereus); European worm lizard

Characters sharing the phonetic 引

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “인” in Korean.

Other hanja read “인”

Other hanja with radical 虫