蚂
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used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3 huang2]; used in 螞蟻|蚂蚁[ma3 yi3]
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How 蚂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 马 (phonetic, mǎ)
How to remember it
leech-hopper · Heisig RSH #2899
虫 insect + 马 horse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 马
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 马 (mǎ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马 sound component | mǎ | horse; surname |
| 码 | mǎ | number, numeral, symbol; yard |
| 玛 | mǎ | agate, cornelian |
| 骂 | mà | to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold |
| 妈 | mā | mother, mama |
| 吗 | ma | final interrogative particle |
| 犸 | mǎ | mammoth |
| 杩 | mà | headboard |
Words containing 蚂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热锅上的蚂蚁 | rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ | (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated |
| 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha | lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom); fig. people who are in it … |
| 一根绳上的蚂蚱 | yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha | see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] |
| 蚂蚁上树 | mǎ yǐ shàng shù | "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and gr… |
| 蚂蚁金服 | Mǎ yǐ Jīn fú | Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] |
| 蚂蚁包 | mǎ yǐ bāo | ant bite (swollen, itchy bump); anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest |
| 蚂蚱也是肉 | mà zha yě shì ròu | lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better than nothing |
| 蚂蚁腰 | mǎ yǐ yāo | (coll.) tiny waist |
| 蚂蜂 | mǎ fēng | variant of 馬蜂|马蜂[ma3 feng1] |
| 蚂蚁窝 | mǎ yǐ wō | ant nest |
| 蚂蚁 | mǎ yǐ | ant |
| 蚂螂 | mā láng | dragonfly |
| 蚂蚱 | mà zha | (dialect) locust; grasshopper |
| 蚂蟥 | mǎ huáng | leech |