Memory phrase for the character: 蜷
蜷
Meaning
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm) Pronunciation
quán
quan2
Explanation Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.)
Mnemonic
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The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls. Radicals
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
卷
to roll (up), sweep up The upper part 龹 is typically seen as border guard, thus as a person 人 with two batons 二 and raised arms 丷. Here, however, it is a roll 火 with two 二 windings 㔾.
龹
border guard The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms
㔾
slumped person (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying
Vocabulary
蜷卧 quán wò
to curl up; to lie curled up
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蜷缩 quán suō
to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing
9249
进道若蜷
jìn dào ruò quán
entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory
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进道若蜷
jìn dào ruò quán
List of the characters | List of the radicals
) and two barrier bars 二. This is (Japanese only) visible in 'border guard 関'
, kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
