Chinese character 蜈

蜈 usually points to 蜈蚣, the Chinese word for “centipede.”

Chinese dictionaries route the standalone entry to 蜈蚣, so a lone 蜈 can read as a lookup fragment.

An ancient Chinese text from the Western Han period calls the animal 蝍蛆 and describes it as able to defeat snakes. In traditional materia-medica writing (old books about medicinal substances), centipedes were treated as poisonous medicines. Taiwanese temple traditions use 蜈蚣阵 (“centipede formation”) for a procession associated with controlling snake spirits believed to bring floods.