Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蚁
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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
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虫
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insect | (Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.) |
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义
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justice | (simplified from 義 and now seen as a person with raized arms 乂 and an emphasized head 丶 (with 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 |
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