wén

a mosquito

Evolution

蟁 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
蟁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蟁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

wén

a mosquito, a gnat

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wén

old variant of [wén]

Most common words with 蟁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蚊子

mosquito

mosquito

蚊帐

mosquito net

蚊虫

mosquito

蚊香

mosquito-repellent incense or coil

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6979% of movies

2891st most common character in movies

2940th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+87C1

Shuowen

“蟁,齧人飛蟲。从,民聲。,蟁或从昬,以昬時出也。蚊,俗蟁。从虫,从文。”


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