蟻 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

yǐ

ants

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 義 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

義 Sound component

yì

justice

Evolution

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǐ

ants; ant

Most common words with 蟻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ	ngjeX	yǐ	ant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.0274% of movies

2346th most common character in movies

2517th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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