Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蛾
蛾
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Meaning
moth
Pronunciation
é
Explanation
Left: insect 虫, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself.)
Mnemonic
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The insect that flutters around wildly (= has an ego of its own) is the moth.
Radicals
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
我
I, me, my
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Vocabulary
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蛾眉皓齿
é méi hào chǐ
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
蚕蛾
cán é
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
飞蛾扑火
fēi é pū huǒ
the moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction
飞蛾投火
fēi é tóu huǒ
lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction
飞蛾投火
fēi é tóu huǒ