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
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These insects have justice (in the colony of) the: ants.
Radicals
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
义
justice Simplified 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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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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