Kanji

蠕

蠕

crawling of a worm

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

20 strokes

Radical

虫部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ゼン, ダ, ネン, ジュ, ニュ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うごめく

Example sentences

蠕動 ぜんどう
食道 は 蠕動 運動 に よって 食べ物 を 胃 に 送る 。

The esophagus sends food to the stomach via peristaltic movement.

Example Vocabulary

蠕動

ぜんどう

peristalsis; vermiculation

蠕動運動

ぜんどううんどう

蠕虫

ぜんちゅう

蠕く

蠕虫病

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