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蟻

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

蚁

🇨🇳

ant

HSK 10

Nature →Animals →Insects

yǐ

ギ

あり

의

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 義 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (蟻)

虫 insects+ 義 righteousness =

蟻 ant

虫 Meaning component

chóng insects

insects, worms

義 Phonetic component

righteousness

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Simplified (蚁)

虫 insects+ 义 justice =

蚁 ants

虫 Meaning component

chóng insects

insects, worms

义 Phonetic component

yì justice

right conduct, righteousness

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

蚁

Regular

Modern

Chinese

蚁 / 蟻 [yǐ]

ant

Japanese

蟻あり、アリ同音

noun usually kana ant

Example Sentences

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１匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。

A grasshopper and many ants lived in a field.

Japanese Names

蟻あり

Ari surnamegiven name

蟻ありふく

Arifuku unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (18)

蚂蚁 [mǎyǐ] #6,545

白蚁 [báiyǐ] #13,620

蝼蚁 [lóuyǐ] #40,177

lit. mole cricket and ants

热锅上的蚂蚁 [règuōshangdemǎyǐ] #44,034

(like) a cat on a hot tin roof

食蚁兽 [shíyǐshòu] #40,335

ant-eater (several different species)

兵蚁 [bīngyǐ] #60,977

蚁酸 [yǐsuān] #64,726

蚕蚁 [cányǐ] #74,416

newly hatched silkworm

如蚁附膻 [rúyǐfùshān] #74,648

like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful

千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 [qiānlǐzhīdī, kuìyúyǐxué]

an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)

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JAPANESE WORDS (54)

蟻地獄 [ありじごく] #58,025

antlion (larva)

女王アリ [じょおうアリ] #77,530

白蟻 [しろあり] #82,381

蟻塚 [ありづか] #84,740

働きアリ [はたらきあり] #87,463

赤蟻 [あかあり] #91,966

黒蟻 [くろあり] #107,873

蟻酸 [ぎさん] #116,487

羽アリ [はあり] #121,040

蟻んこ [ありんこ] #135,369

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