蜗 - wō - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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蜗 (蝸)

wō

Definition

snail
Taiwan pr. [gua1]
see 蜗牛

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

蜗居

wō jū

snail's home; (fig.) humble abode

蜗庐

wō lú

snail's hut; (fig.) humble abode; my little hut

spiral

worm (mechanical engineering)

蜗牛

wō niú

snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]

蜗窗

wō chuāng

fenestra cochleae (in middle ear)

snail

snail's pace

worm-gear pair; worm drive; worm and worm gear

cochlea

cochlear implant

(fig.) people who cannot afford to buy their own house

Idioms (2)

蜗行牛步

wō xíng niú bù

(lit.) to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom); (fig.) to move at a snail's pace; to make slow progress

蚁斗蜗争

yǐ dòu wō zhēng

(lit.) the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

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