蟑 (zhāng): (in 蟑螂) cockroach

Meanings

厨房里有一只蟑螂，快去抓。

Chúfáng lǐ yǒu yìzhī zhāngláng, kuài qù zhuā.

There's a cockroach in the kitchen, hurry and catch it.

蟑螂生命力很强，很难彻底消灭。

Zhāngláng shēngmìnglì hěn qiáng, hěn nán chèdǐ xiāomiè.

Cockroaches are very tenacious and hard to wipe out completely.

memory

蟑 never stands alone, only in 蟑螂 (cockroach). Read the right side 章 for the sound and the 虫 bug radical for the meaning.

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm

The insect radical 虫 on the left marks this as a bug, paired with 螂 to make 蟑螂.

phonetic

章 zhāng

chapter; seal (here phonetic)

Right side 章 (chapter, stamp) gives the exact sound zhāng with no drift. It contributes only the reading.

蟑 zhāng