懂中文 Dong Chinese

蠅

yíng

flies

Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

黽 meaning component

黽  Meaning component

miǎn, měng, mǐn

  

toad

Evolution

蠅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蠅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蠅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蝇 (蠅) 

yíng

flies; fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhī]

Most common words with 蠅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

苍蝇

housefly

蝇

fly

果蝇

fruit fly

苍蝇拍

flyswatter

苍蝇不叮无缝蛋

fig. no smoke without a fire