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Character Decomposition
蛸=虫+肖
Etymology
mollusk
Meanings2 pronunciations
shāo
octopus
used in xiāo shāo and 肖蛸 xiāo shāo
xiāo
used in 螵蛸 piāo xiāo
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Words with 蛸 10 total
ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) · cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 hǎi piāo xiāo)螵蛸piāo xiāolong-jawed orb weaver; long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)蟏蛸xiāo shāo(dialect) octopus巴蛸bā shāo(Shandong dialect) octopus八带蛸bā dài shāocuttlebone (used in TCM)海螵蛸hǎi piāo xiāo
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