螻

Simplified: 蝼

lóu ㄌㄡˊ

Cantonese: lau4

Other words read lóu

In the same tone

  • 樓 lóu storied building
  • 剅 lóu opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out
  • 嘍 lóu subordinates in a gang of bandits
  • 婁 lóu surname Lou
  • 僂 lóu used in 佝偻 gōulóu
  • 髏 lóu used in 髑髅 dúlóu and 骷髅 kūlóu
  • 耬 lóu drill for sowing grain
  • 蔞 lóu Arthemisia vulgaris
  • 漊 lóu see 溇水 lóushuǐ

lou with other tones

  • 露 lòu show
  • 摟 lǒu hug
  • 漏 lòu leak
  • 鏤 lòu engrave
  • 陋 lòu low
  • 瘻 lòu fistula
  • 簍 lǒu basket
  • 嶁 lǒu mountain peak
  • 塿 lǒu small mound
  • 瞜 lōu glance at

All 20 words read lou in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 螻

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    17, with 11 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    虫婁
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    婁
    仓颉 Cangjie code
    中戈中田女 LILWV
    五笔 Wubi code
    JKGV or JLVG
    Practise writing 螻this character

    Trace 螻, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 螻

    Starting with 螻

    • 螻蟻 lóuyǐ lit. mole cricket and ants
    • 螻蛄 lóugū mole cricket
    • 螻蛄科 lóugūkē mole crickets

    Ending with 螻

    • 天螻 tiānlóu mole cricket
    • 蛞螻 kuòlóu mole cricket

    Containing 螻

    • 熱地上的螻蟻 rèdìshàngdelóuyǐ person frantic with worry and with nowhere to turn

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