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蟮 is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 虫 on the left indicates a worm, bug, or creeping creature, while 善 (shàn) on the right provides the pronunciation. Although 善 typically means "good", it acts here solely as a phonetic. The character denotes an earthworm and appears almost exclusively in the compound 蚯蟮 (qiūshàn), a dialectal or alternative written form of the standard 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn).
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