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蛉

líng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (bound) sandfly; small biting midge

Examples

白蛉是比蚊子还小的吸血小虫。
Bái líng shì bǐ wénzi hái xiǎo de xī xuè xiǎo chóng.
The sandfly is a tiny biting insect smaller than a mosquito.

Tips

history
蛉 is not used alone; it is bound in insect names such as 白蛉 (sandfly) and 草蛉 (lacewing). It is the insect radical 虫 plus the phonetic 令, the same phonetic in 铃 and 零.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; bug
虫 is the insect radical. It marks 蛉 as a small flying insect, grouping it with the many bug and worm characters.
phonetic
令 lìng
to order; command (phonetic)
令 supplies the sound (lìng to líng) with no meaning contribution. It heads a large sound family including 铃, 零, and 领.

Stroke Order

蛉 líng