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蠅
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蝇
🇨🇳

flies

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
ying
ヨウ
はえ、はい
승
Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on
Components
Traditional (蠅)
虫 insects+ 黽 toad =
蠅 flies
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
黽 Meaning component
toad
Simplified (蝇)
虫 insects+ 黾 strive =
蝇 flies
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
黾 Meaning component
miǎn strive
to strive
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)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蝇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蝇 / 蠅 [yíng]
fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Japanese
蠅 、 蝿 はえ 、 ハエ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)
  2. derogatory person of no worth; pisher; scrub
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
群衆がまるでハエのようにその車の周りに集まった。
The mob gathered round the car like so many flies.
Japanese Names
蠅 ほたる
Hotaru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (14)
苍蝇 [cāng​ying] #5,851
housefly
果蝇 [guǒ​yíng] #31,398
fruit fly
苍蝇拍 [cāng​ying​pāi] #39,979
flyswatter
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 [cāng​ying​bù​dīng​wú​fèng​dàn] #61,744
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
蝇子 [yíng​zi] #65,662
housefly
如蝇逐臭 [rú​yíng​zhú​chòu] #71,260
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
蝇虎 [yíng​hǔ] #72,293
jumping spider (family Salticidae)
苍蝇座 [Cāng​ying​zuò] #75,638
Musca (constellation)
家蝇 [jiā​yíng]
house fly
捕蝇草 [bǔ​yíng​cǎo]
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
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JAPANESE WORDS (44)
口うるさい [くちうるさい] #19,715
nagging
⭐ 煩い [うるさい] #20,724
noisy
⭐ 蠅 [はえ] #21,264
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)
小うるさい [こうるさい] #39,039
particular
ハエ叩き [ハエたたき] #96,939
fly swatter
小バエ [こばえ] #108,184
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
青蠅 [あおばえ] #118,888
bluebottle fly
黒蠅 [くろばえ] #146,763
blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)
銀蝿 [ぎんばえ] #164,181
large silvery fly
馬蝿 [ウマバエ] #165,218
horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis)
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