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mussels

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
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Components
虫 insects+ 比 compare =
蚍 mussels
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
mollusk
比 Phonetic component
bǐ compare
to compare, liken
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蚍 [pí]
see 蚍蜉[pí​fú]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
蚍蜉撼树 [pí​fú​hàn​shù] #62,234
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree
蚍蜉撼树 [pí​fú​hàn​shù] #62,234
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree
蚍蜉撼大树 [pí​fú​hàn​dà​shù] #64,448
lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom)
蚍蜉撼大树 [pí​fú​hàn​dà​shù] #64,448
lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom)
蚍蜉 [pí​fú] #66,905
a type of large ant
撼树蚍蜉 [hàn​shù​pí​fú]
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree
撼树蚍蜉 [hàn​shù​pí​fú]
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree