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虽
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| although, even though
suī
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口
虫
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At top: mouth: 口, below: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
In the mouth an insect? Okay, although, ..
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蛋
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| egg, oval shaped
dàn
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疋
正
虫
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Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct, - actually 疋 = bales of cloth), bottom: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
It is correct for insects to lay: eggs.
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风
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| wind, style, manner
fēng
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風
㐅
虫
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Simplified from 風, which showed a sail 冂 with a sail tree 一 and an insect 虫
It blows an insect 㐅 into the sail: The wind.
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触
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to touch, sensing, to make contact with sth
chù
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角
虫
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Left: horn, angle 角 (image of a horn with head of an animal), right: insect 虫
The "horns" (= antennas) of insects are for touching and sensing.
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虫
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| worm or insect
chóng
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中
虫
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Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion 禺)
The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.
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属
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
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属
尸
虫
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From top: buttock seen from the side 尸, accent ノ, insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?
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惠
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| favor, benefit, honorific
huì
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心
虫
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Top: 叀 (insect 虫 behind two additional lines 二 as a grid), bottom: heart 心
If a grid is in front of the insect, it is for the heart: a favor/benefit.
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独
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| alone, independent, single, sole, only
dú
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犭
虫
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
Wild animal and insects typically stay alone.
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蛇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| snake, serpent
shé
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虫
它
宀
匕
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Left: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.), right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕)
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.
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强
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| strong, stubborn, vigorous
qiáng
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弓
虫
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Left: bow 弓, right : although 虽 (In the mouth 口 an insect 虫? Okay, although, ..)
If it can draw a bow with the mouth, this insect must be strong and stubborn.
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蜂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| bee, wasp
fēng
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虫
夆
夂
丰
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Left: insect 虫 (body 口 and sting of an insect), right: pointed 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on top of a growing plant 丰)
This insects sits on top of a growing plant (= the blossom): the bee, wasp.
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蜜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| honey
mì
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宀
必
虫
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Top: 宓 (roof 宀, certainly 必 [The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!]), bottom: insect 虫
Under the roof are certainly insects for making honey.
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虹
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| rainbow
hóng, jiàng
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虫
工
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Left: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.), right: craftsman/build 工
Insects actually build the rainbow?
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蝶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| butterfly
dié
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虫
枼
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Left: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.), right: 枼 (epoch, generation 世, tree 木)
An insect that is only for one epoch in the tree is the butterfly.
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蝴
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| butterfly
hú
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虫
胡
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Left: insect 虫, right: beard, non-Han people 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The insect that develops from an old 古 body 月 (=caterpillar & cocoon), is the butterfly.
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蛮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| barbarian, bullying, very, rough, reckless
mán
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亦
虫
赤
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Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], bottom: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
Also, I think: The reddish insects are like: barbarians.
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蠢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| blunt, stupid, to wiggle (of worms), sluggish
chǔn
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虫
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Top: spring (time) 春, bottom: 2x insect 虫
(Freshly hatched after winter:) In spring the insects are still blunt and stupid.
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骚
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| disturbance, rumpus, trouble, flirty, coquettish
sāo
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马
叉
虫
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Left: horse 马/馬, right: 蚤 (fork 叉 [=hand 又 with fork 丶], insect 虫)
A horse pricked by a fork or an insect causes a coquettish disturbance.
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融
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to melt, merge, to blend, to be in harmony
róng
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鬲
虫
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Left: 鬲 (image of a pot 口 with a lid 一 on a stand 冂), right: insect 虫
In the pot on the stand is an insect, but it is already melting/dissolving.
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蚁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ant
yǐ
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虫
义
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Left: insect 虫, right: justice 义 (It comes from the emphasized 丶 head of the person 人 with raised arms 乂)
These insects have justice (in the colony of) the: ants.
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烛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| candle, to illuminate
zhú
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火
虫
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Left: fire 火, right: insect 虫 (here: bee 蜂)
The fire that comes from an insect, is the (beeswax) of the candle.
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蜡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| candle, wax
là
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虫
昔
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Left: insect 虫 (here: a bee 蜂), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times)
This insect (= the bee) was in former times used for the wax of the candles.
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蚀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| erosion, to nibble, to corrode, eclipse
shí
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食
虫
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Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover  is good 良 food.), right: insect 虫
The eating/food by an insect is "eating (nibbling) into it", like: corrosion.
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蚂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| dragonfly, grasshopper, ant, leech
mā, mǎ, mà
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虫
马
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Left: insect 虫, right: horse 马/馬 (= with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
Insects that resemble a horse, are the dragonfly and the grasshopper.
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浊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| impure, turbid, muddy
zhuó
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氵
虫
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Left: water 氵, right: insect 虫
Water with insects is impure.
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螺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spiral shell, screw thread, spiral
luó
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虫
糸
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Left: insect 虫, right: tired, exhausted 累 (If the fields are long 田 as threads 糸, they will exhaust us)
It comes from the insect and repeats until exhaustion: the helix of the spiral shell.
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蝇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fly, musca
yíng
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虫
电
乚
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Left: insect 虫, right: toad 黾 (= The animal 口 on the field 田 with the long tongue 乚.)
The insect for the toad, is the fly.
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蚕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| silkworm
cán
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天
虫
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Top: sky/heaven 天, below: insect 虫
A heavenly insect is: the silkworm!
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虾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| shrimp, prawn
xiā
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虫
下
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Left: insect 虫, right: down(wards) 下
The 'insect' from the depth is the: shrimp.
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禹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Yu the Great mythical leader who tamed the floods
yǔ
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禸
禺
虫
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Top: mouth 口, bottom: 禸 or with insect 虫
Like an insect 虫 with hat 一 and wide legs 冂, that is: Yu the Great.
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蛙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| frog
wā
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虫
圭
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Left: insect 虫, right: piled earth 圭 (2x earth 土)
The "insect" at the field's ridge (= where earth is piled) is the frog.
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蚊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mosquito
wén
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虫
文
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Left: insect 虫, right: text/language 文
The insect you can kill with a text is a mosquito.
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蜘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spider
zhī
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虫
知
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Left: Insect 虫, right: to know 知 (The arrow 矢 has a target 口, which it knows.)
(In respect to building a web) The insect with (special) knowledge is: the spider.
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蝉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cicada
chán
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虫
单
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Left: Insect 虫, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)
(They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade.
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蟹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| crab
xiè
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角
刀
牛
虫
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Top: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: Is that a solution?), bottom: insect 虫
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.
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嗤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at
chī
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口
山
虫
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Left: mouth 口, right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below 一 the mountain 山, insect 虫)
The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)
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蝗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| locust, grasshopper
huáng
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虫
白
皇
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Left: insect 虫, right: emperor 皇 (=the sun-日-rayノ-king 王)
Among the insects is the emperor: the locust!
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闽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abbr. for Fujian 福建 province in the Min dynasty
mǐn
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门
虫
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Outside: gate 门/門, inside: insect 虫
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.
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蝠
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bat
fú
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虫
畐
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Left: insect 虫, right: barrel of rice wine 畐
The 'insect' that likes (empty) barrels is: the bat.
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蜀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| larva, caterpillar, abbr. for Sichuan 四川
shǔ
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网
勹
虫
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Top: net 罒 (cf. net 网), bottom: enwrap 勹 and insect 虫
It has a 'net' for enwrapping. This insect is: the larva.
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蛾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| moth
é
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虫
我
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Left: insect 虫, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself.)
The insect that flutters around wildly (= has an ego of its own) is the moth.
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萤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| firefly, glow-worm
yíng
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艹
冖
虫
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From top: plant, grass 艹, cover 冖, insect 虫
The grass covers this insect: the firefly.
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搔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to scratch, to disturb
sāo
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扌
叉
虫
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Left: hand 扌, right: 蚤 (fork 叉, insect 虫)
The hand that pricks like a hand 又 with a fork 丶 or like an insect, causes: a scratch.
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蛟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a legendary dragon controlling rain and floods
jiāo
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虫
交
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Left: insect 虫, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
Like an insect he is in exchange: The flood dragon.
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龋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dental caries, decayed teeth
qǔ
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齒
虫
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Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: Yu the Great 禹 (special insect 虫)
In the teeth, the special insect causes caries.
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蠕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to wriggle, to squirm, to wiggle
rú
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虫
需
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Left: insect 虫, right: require, need 需 (Rain[water] 雨 on the beard 而 is needed [for care])
The insects (including worms) need (the ability) of wriggling.
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螂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dragonfly, mantis
láng
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虫
良
⻏
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Left: insect 虫, right: a youth 郎 (.. the good 良 one from the village ⻏)
(It is agile and chases its prey at high speed.) An insect (alive like) a youth is the: dragonfly.
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茧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cocoon, callus
jiǎn
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艹
虫
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Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: insect 虫
At the plant (hangs) an insect in form of: a cocoon.
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蜕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| skin cast off old skin during molting, exuvia, to pupate
tuì
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虫
兑
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Left: insect 虫, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 [big mouth 口 on legs 儿] money transactions take place.)
When the insect makes a 'payment' it is casting off the skin.
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蜒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| slug, to wriggle/snaking
yán
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虫
延
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Left: insect 虫, right: spread, extend 延 (This movement 廴 is correct 正 for: spreading or extending)
The insect, that has spread out is: the slug.
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蜷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
quán
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虫
卷
龹
㔾
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Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.
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蟒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| python
mǎng
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虫
艹
犬
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Left: insect 虫, right: thick weeds 莽 (If a dog 犬 can hide in the grasses 艹,艹, it is thick weeds.)
The 'insect' in the thick weed, that (eats) the dog is: the python.
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蜗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| snail, see 蜗牛
wō
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虫
呙
肙
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Left: insect 虫, right: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)
The insect with a big mouth (relative to the body) is this snail.
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螅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| intestinal worm
xī
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虫
息
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Left: insect 虫, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The insect that (shares with me) my breath is: the intestinal worm.
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蛤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| clam, frog, toad
gé, há
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虫
合
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Left: Insect 虫, right: to fit 合 (The lid  on the pot 口)
The insect that fits in (somewhere) is: the clam or toad.
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蟋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cricket
xī
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虫
釆
心
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Left: insect 虫, right: know, be familiar with 悉 (To have the outstanding ノ of rice 米 in your heart 心 is the real knowledge)
The insect, that is known/familiar is: the cricket.
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蟀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cricket
shuài
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虫
率
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Left: insect 虫, right: ratio 率 (rotary disks 亠,十 turn threads 糸 into small parts 冫 in that ratio)
The insect that has the pronunciation 'shuài' like at 'ratio 率 ' is the: cricket.
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蛊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to drive to insanity, to bewitch, intestinal parasite
gǔ
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虫
皿
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Top: insect 虫, below: bowl/plate 皿
The insects in my bowl drive me: to insanity. (When there were insects in my bowl/food, the worms drive me to insanity.)
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蝙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bat
biān
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虫
扁
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Left: insect 虫, right: flat 扁 (door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊 as: "door plate")
The 'insect' that flutters like a door plate (on a thread) is: the bat.
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蟆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| toad
má, ma
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虫
莫
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Left: insect 虫, right: negative, sunset 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
The 'insect, that becomes active at sunset, is the toad.
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镯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bracelet, armband
zhuó
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金
网
勹
虫
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping 勹. This insect 虫 is: the larva)
This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet.
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蛛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spider, spider web
zhū
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虫
朱
未
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Left: insect 虫, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) Here: a net  in a tree 木
This insect makes a net in a tree: the spider.
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蜿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to move (as snake), wriggle
wān
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虫
宛
夗
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Left: insect 虫, right: "as, if", similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The insects are similar when they: move as a snake.
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蜈
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JLPT no HSK |
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| centipede
wú
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虫
吴
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Left: insect 虫, right: area in Jiangsu 吴 (mouth 口 and sky 天)
The insect in Jiangsu is the: centipede.
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蝎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| scorpion
xiē
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虫
禺
曷
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Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner  at the interrogation.)
(For torture:) An insect for an interrogation is the scorpion.
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蟾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| moon, (striped) toad, living on the moon
chán
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虫
詹
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Left: insect 虫, right: excellent, verbose 詹 (Who, when looking upwards 厃, is using eight 八 words 言, is verbose.)
The 'insect' for which you look upwards and which talks is the toad living on the moon.
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螃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| crab
páng
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虫
旁
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Left: insect 虫, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
The insect that moves laterally / sidewards, is the crab.
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蚌
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mussel, clam, oyster, shell
bàng, bèng
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虫
丰
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Left: insect 虫, right: abundance 丰 (strongly growing plant)
An 'insect', that is in abundance, is the mussel.
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蛹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chrysalis, pupa
yǒng
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虫
甬
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Left: insect 虫, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use, need 用 [A fence 用 can be used])
This insect is bent: This is needed by the pupa.
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蛀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| termite, to bore (of insects)
zhù
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虫
主
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Left: insect 虫, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master)
(They live in own 'building':) The insect that is the master (of his home) is: the termite.
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