Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 蝲蛄
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
mantis shrimp
蟪蛄huì gūPlatypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
蝼蛄lóu gūmole cricket; Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)
蝼蛄科lóu gū kēGryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera; mole crickets
蝲蝲蛄là là gǔmole cricket