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蜻

qīng
noun #90,703

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蜻蜓) dragonfly

Examples

HSK 7-9
池塘上飞着几只蜻蜓。
Chítáng shàng fēi zhe jǐ zhī qīngtíng.
A few dragonflies are flying over the pond.
HSK 7-9
他只是蜻蜓点水地提了一下。
Tā zhǐshì qīngtíng-diǎnshuǐ de tí le yíxià.
He only touched on the topic superficially.

Tips

usage
蜻 only appears in 蜻蜓 (dragonfly) and the idiom 蜻蜓点水 (to skim the surface, like a dragonfly tapping the water). It has no standalone meaning.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; worm
The insect radical 虫 on the left marks this as the name of a bug.
phonetic
青 qīng
blue-green; young
On the right 青 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

蜻 qīng