Chinese Character Wiki

蚍

pí

mussels

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

mollusk

比 sound component

比  Sound component

bǐ, bī, bì

  

to compare

Evolution

蚍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蚍  

pí

mussels; various shellfish; see 蚍蜉[pí​fú]

Most common words with 蚍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蚍

a type of large ant

蚍蜉撼树

lit. an ant trying to shake a tree

蚍蜉撼大树

fig. to overrate one's own strength

蚍蜉

a type of large ant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5945th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+868D

Shuowen

“，蚍蜉，大螘也。从蟲，聲。蚍，或从虫，比聲。”


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