Hanja Analyzer
蚯

蚯 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
지렁이 구
Romanization
gu
English
earthworm
Mandarin
qiū
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
みみず
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
虫 (142, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
丘(구)
Unicode
U+86AF

Parts that make up 蚯

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 丘 언덕 구sound 솟은 언덕언덕. ‘구’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 蚯

  • 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 丘

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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