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locust

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
huáng
コウ
いなご、ばった
황
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 皇 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 皇 emperor =
蝗 locust
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
皇 Phonetic component
huáng emperor
royal, imperial
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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)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蝗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蝗 [huáng]
locust
Japanese
稲虫 、 蝗 いなむし 、 おおねむし 同音
noun rice pest
稲子 、 蝗 いなご 、 こう 、 イナゴ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)
  2. usually kana grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
イナゴが大群をなしてやってきた。
Locusts came in big swarms.
CHINESE WORDS (22)
蝗虫 [huáng​chóng] #22,517
locust
蝗虫 [huáng​chóng] #22,517
locust
飞蝗 [fēi​huáng] #46,869
flying locusts
飞蝗 [fēi​huáng] #46,869
flying locusts
北蝗莺 [běi​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis)
北蝗莺 [běi​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis)
史氏蝗莺 [Shǐ​shì​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)
史氏蝗莺 [Shǐ​shì​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)
小蝗莺 [xiǎo​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Locustella certhiola)
小蝗莺 [xiǎo​huáng​yīng]
(bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Locustella certhiola)
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JAPANESE WORDS (15)
蝗害 [こうがい] #75,060
locust plague
稲子 [いなご] #90,869
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)
稲虫 [いなむし] #173,481
rice pest
飛蝗 [ひこう] #215,401
locust swarming
バッタ目 [バッタもく] #255,045
Orthoptera
いなご豆 [いなごまめ] #293,172
carob
きちきち蝗虫 [きちきちばった]
male Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
殿様蝗虫 [とのさまばった]
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
米つきバッタ [コメツキバッタ]
Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
精霊飛蝗 [ショウリョウバッタ]
Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
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