U+8717 "蜗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8717 "蜗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that signifies a snail, specifically a land snail. It belongs to the radical for insects or worms, reflecting its biological association with small, shelled mollusks. In modern usage, "蜗" appears in words such as "蜗牛" meaning snail, and it can also metaphorically describe something slow or curled up, like in the term "蜗居" which refers to a cramped living space. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, used across multiple East Asian writing systems with similar meanings.