蜻
see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]
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How 蜻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 青 (phonetic, qīng)
How to remember it
dragonfly (front end) · Heisig RSH #2981
虫 insect + 青 blue or green
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 青
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 青 (qīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound component | qīng | nature's color; blue, green, black; young |
| 情 | qíng | emotion, feeling, sentiment |
| 清 | qīng | clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful |
| 精 | jīng | essence, germ, spirit |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask, to request; to invite; please |
| 氰 | qíng | cyanogen; ethane dinitrile |
| 睛 | jīng | eyeball; pupil |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel |
| 晴 | qíng | clear weather, fine weather |
| 靓 | liàng | ornament; pretty; to apply make-up |
| 菁 | jīng | turnip; a flower of the leek family |
| 腈 | jīng | acrylic |
| 箐 | qìng | to draw a bamboo bow |
| 鲭 | qīng | mackerel |
| 鼱 | jīng | shrew |
| 圊 | qīng | restroom |
Words containing 蜻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜻蜓点水 | qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom) |
| 剑走蜻蛉 | jiàn zǒu qīng líng | the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventi… |
| 蜻蜓撼石柱 | qīng tíng hàn shí zhù | lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilitie… |
| 草蜻蛉 | cǎo qīng líng | green lacewing |
| 蜻蛉目 | qīng líng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 蜻蜓目 | qīng tíng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 蜻蛉 | qīng líng | damselfly; lacewing |
| 蜻蜓 | qīng tíng | dragonfly |
| 蜻蝏 | qīng tíng | variant of 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2] |