蛾
(bound form) moth
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How 蛾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 我 (phonetic, wǒ)
How to remember it
moth · Heisig RSH #1826
虫 insect + miser
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 我
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 我 (wǒ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 sound component | wǒ | I, me, my; our, us |
| 俄 | é | sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations |
| 鹅 | é | goose |
| 峨 | é | lofty; the name of a mountain |
| 哦 | ò | oh? really? is that so? |
| 娥 | é | beautiful, pretty; good; surname |
| 皒 | é | white |
| 硪 | wò | a flat stone used as a mortar |
| 莪 | é | mugwort, Artemisia |
| 锇 | é | osmium |
Words containing 蛾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 所多玛与蛾摩拉 | Suǒ duō mǎ yǔ É mó lā | Sodom and Gomorrah |
| 飞蛾投火 | fēi é tóu huǒ | see 飛蛾撲火|飞蛾扑火[fei1 e2 pu1 huo3] |
| 蛾摩拉 | É mó lā | Gomorrah |
| 飞蛾扑火 | fēi é pū huǒ | the moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction |
| 蛾子 | é zi | moth |
| 妖蛾子 | yāo é zi | variant of 么蛾子|幺蛾子[yao1 e2 zi5] |
| 飞蛾 | fēi é | moth |
| 蛾类 | é lèi | moth (family) |
| 灯蛾 | dēng é | moth |
| 蛾眉 | é méi | (fig.) beautiful woman |
| 木蠹蛾 | mù dù é | wood moth; carpenter moth; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 蛾眉皓齿 | é méi hào chǐ | beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 苹果蠹蛾 | píng guǒ dù é | codling moth (Cydia pomonella) |
| 蚕蛾 | cán é | Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) |
| 尺蠖蛾 | chǐ huò é | moth in family Geometridae |