| 蛸 | |||
| long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis | |||
| Radical | 虫 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 13 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | saau1 siu1 |
| Japanese on reading | sou shou | Japanese kun reading | tako |
| Korean reading | so | Vietnamese reading | |
| 蛸 | [ shaō ] long-legged spider |
| 蛸 | [ ] see 螵蛸[piao1 xiao1] |
| ⇒ 海螵蛸 | [ haǐ ] cuttlebone (used in TCM) |
| ⇒ 肖蛸 | [ shaō ] variant of 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1] |
| ⇒ 螵蛸 | [ ] egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM), cuttlebone |
| ⇒ 蠨蛸 | [ shaō ] long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) |
| ⇒ 蠨蛸滿室 | [ shaō mǎn shì ] The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom) |