Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 蛞 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1081, Entry 36 Pronounced kuò. The name for the spawn of a frog. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), those that carry a shell on their back are called snails, while those without a shell are called slugs. In the Materia Medica (Bencao), it is also called lingli, tuotaichong, or nitichong. Tao Hongjing stated: Slugs do not have shells and should not be confused with snails. The term fuwo refers to the snail. Pronounced kuò. Also refers to the mole cricket. See the entry for the character gu. Pronounced huó. Interchanged with the term for living, also written as kuo. See the entry for the character ke. Pronounced shé. Interchanged with the term she. See the entry for the character she.