wén
mosquito
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound. Simplified form of 螡.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蚊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
mosquito | ||
mosquito | ||
mosquito net | ||
mosquito | ||
mosquito-repellent incense or coil |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.mə[r] | mjun | wén | mosquito |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.6979% of movies
2891st most common character in movies
2940th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+868A |
Shuowen | “蟁，齧人飛蟲。从，民聲。，蟁或从昬，以昬時出也。蚊，俗蟁。从虫，从文。” |
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