蚊

mosquito

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,280 U+868A

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 文 (phonetic, wén)

components: 虫文

mosquito · Heisig RSH #1316

虫 insect + Highlander

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 文

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 文 (wén) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
文 sound component	wén	culture, literature, writing
纹	wén	line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
刘	liú	to kill, to destroy; surname
坟	fén	grave, mound, bulge; bulging
汶	wèn	a river in Shandong province
忞	mǐn	to psych up; to steel one's nerves
紊	wěn	tangled; confused, disordered
玟	mín	gem, jade-like stone
炆	wén	to simmer, to cook over a slow fire
雯	wén	cloud patterns; storm clouds

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大炮打蚊子	dà pào dǎ wén zi	cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
白线斑蚊	bái xiàn bān wén	Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
花蚊子	huā wén zi	(coll.) Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
蚊子包	wén zi bāo	mosquito bite
电蚊香	diàn wén xiāng	electric mosquito repellent
蚊子再小也是肉	wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu	lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better tha…
黑斑蚊	hēi bān wén	Aedes, a genus of mosquito
飞蚊症	fēi wén zhèng	eye floaters (moving spots in the eye's vitreous humor)
白纹伊蚊	bái wén yī wén	Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
蚊子馆	wén zi guǎn	(jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquito…
电蚊拍	diàn wén pāi	electric mosquito swatter
蚊子	wén zi	mosquito
防蚊液	fáng wén yè	mosquito repellent
蚊香	wén xiāng	mosquito-repellent incense or coil
蚊虫	wén chóng	mosquito
伊蚊	yī wén	Aedes, a genus of mosquito
避蚊胺	bì wén àn	DEET, an insect repellent
按蚊	àn wén	anopheles; malarial mosquito
蚊帐	wén zhàng	mosquito net; CL:頂\|顶[ding3]
驱蚊	qū wén	to repel mosquitoes