long-legged spider
蛸 is a 13 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as shāo in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as xiāo.
It is made up of the components 虫 (insect) and 肖 (resemble).
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 蛸
Definitions for 蛸 pronounced as shāo
- long-legged spider
Definitions for 蛸 pronounced as xiāo
- see 螵蛸[piao1 xiao1]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 蛸 — see all
- cuttlebone (used in TCM)
- egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM)
- cuttlebone
- a kind of spider