锹形虫 (qiāoxíngchóng): stag beetle (family Lucanidae)

Measure Word

一只锹形虫 zhī

Meanings

1 stag beetle (family Lucanidae)

Characters

Examples

锹形虫雄性的大颚特别发达。

Qiāoxíngchóng xióngxìng de dà è tèbié fādá.

Male stag beetles have especially well-developed mandibles.

日本的孩子很喜欢饲养锹形虫。

Rìběn de háizi hěn xǐhuān sìyǎng qiāoxíngchóng.

Japanese children love to keep stag beetles as pets.

Tips

memory

锹 is "spade/shovel" — the hugely enlarged male mandibles resemble a pair of digging tools or miniature deer antlers (hence "stag" in English).

Stroke Order

锹 qiāo

形 xíng

虫 chóng

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