蝈 (guō) · katydid; long-horned grasshopper

Meanings

HSK 4

爷爷养了一只蝈蝈，整天叫个不停。

Yéye yǎng le yì zhī guō guo, zhěngtiān jiào gè bùtíng.

Grandpa keeps a katydid in a little woven cage, and it chirps all day.

history

蝈 is not used on its own in modern Chinese. It appears almost only in the reduplication 蝈蝈 (the green katydid kept as a singing pet).

radical

虫 chóng

insect

The insect radical 虫 marks the meaning: 蝈 names a chirping green grasshopper.

phonetic

国 guó

country; state

国 supplies the sound, drifted to guō. In the full traditional form the phonetic is the richer 國; here it follows the simplified shape.

蝈 guō