Memory phrase for the character: 蝗

蝗

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Meaning

locust, grasshopper

Pronunciation

huáng

Explanation

Left: insect 虫, right: emperor 皇 (= The emphasized ノ [thus special] sun 日 above the king 王)

Mnemonic


 
Among the insects is the emperor: the locust!

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays 丶 of the sun 日 make it: white.
皇 emperorThe emphasized ノ (thus special) sun 日 above the king 王.




 Vocabulary

蝗虫 huáng chóng  locust
飞蝗 fēi huáng  flying locusts
蝗科 huáng kē  Acridoidea (family containing grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
 


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