蜗

See also: 蝸

蜗 U+8717, 蜗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8717 ← 蜖 [U+8716] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜘 → [U+8718]

Translingual

Han character

蜗 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口人月 (LIROB), composition ⿰虫呙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1085, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8717

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 蝸 (咼 → 呙)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜗 – see 蝸 (“terrestrial snail”). (This character is the simplified form of 蝸).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.