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蠢

Readings

Kana: シュン、うご.めく

Romaji: shun, ugo.meku

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

wriggle

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 21

Radical Number: 142

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-9-12

Korean Reading: jun

Chinese Reading: chun3

Unicode: 8822

JIS: 6A41

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4199

New Nelson Index: 5402

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d15.2

Four Corner Index: 5013.6

Daikanwanjiten Index: 33797

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0112

Words

蠢かす (うごめかす)

to wriggle

蠢動 (しゅんどう)

wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; manoeuvering; mischief; despicable acts

蠢く (うごめく)

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

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