Memory phrase for the character: 蚁

蚁

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Meaning

ant

Pronunciation

 yǐ

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: justice 义 (It comes from the emphasized 丶 head of the person 人 with raised arms 乂)

Mnemonic
 
These insects have justice (in the colony of) the: ants.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
义 justiceSimplified from 義 and now seen as a person with raised arms 乂 and an emphasized head 丶, that has much justice in it.
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 Vocabulary

蚂蚁 mǎ yǐ  ant
白蚁 bái yǐ  termite; white ant
食蚁兽 shí yǐ shòu  ant-eater (several different species)
蚁斗蜗争 yǐ dòu wō zhēng  lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
蚁斗蜗争 yǐ dòu wō zhēng  

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