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蝠
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bat

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
fú
フク
복
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 畐 to fill =
蝠 bat
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
畐 Phonetic component
fú to fill
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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
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蝠 [fú]
bat
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
蝙蝠 [biān​fú] #4,358
bat
台湾叶鼻蝠 [Tái​wān​yè​bí​fú]
leaf-nosed bat
台湾叶鼻蝠 [Tái​wān​yè​bí​fú]
leaf-nosed bat
叶口蝠科 [yè​kǒu​fú​kē]
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)
叶鼻蝠 [yè​bí​fú]
see 台灣葉鼻蝠|台湾叶鼻蝠[Tái​wān​Yè​bí​fú]
狐蝠 [hú​fú]
flying fox
叶口蝠科 [yè​kǒu​fú​kē]
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)
叶鼻蝠 [yè​bí​fú]
see 台灣葉鼻蝠|台湾叶鼻蝠[Tái​wān​Yè​bí​fú]
蝙蝠侠 [Biān​fú​xiá]
Batman, comic book superhero
蝙蝠侠 [Biān​fú​xiá]
Batman, comic book superhero
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JAPANESE WORDS (41)
蝙蝠 [こうもり] #18,459
bat (Chiroptera spp.)
こうもり傘 [こうもりがさ] #85,837
(Western-style) umbrella
吸血コウモリ [きゅうけつこうもり] #120,927
vampire bat
大蝙蝠 [おおこうもり] #139,655
fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.)
血吸蝙蝠 [ちすいこうもり] #232,723
vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.)
蟹蝙蝠 [かにこうもり] #270,829
Parasenecio adenostyloides (species of daisy)
小笠原大蝙蝠 [おがさわらおおこうもり] #276,881
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
鳥なき里の蝙蝠 [とりなきさとのこうもり] #292,055
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
かぐや蝙蝠 [かぐやこうもり]
fraternal myotis (Myotis frater)
インド大蝙蝠 [インドおおこうもり]
Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus)
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