tíng
dragonfly
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 廷 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蜓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
dragonfly | ||
dragonfly | ||
superficial contact (idiom) | ||
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4083rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+8713 |
Shuowen | “蜓,蝘蜓也。从虫,廷聲。一曰螾蜓。” |
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