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蚂

mǎ

ant; leech

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (insect) provides meaning, 马 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 9 strokes Common (29%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

马

mǎ

horse; surname

⿰虫马 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chóng

虫

insect, worm; mollusk

🔤 Pictophonetic:

6 strokes HSK 5

zhōng

中

central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese

💡 Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

4 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

mǎ

马

horse; surname

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 馬, a horse galloping to the left

3 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 蚂 (10)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(dialect) locust / grasshopper

màzha

蚂蚱 ↗

(dialect) locust / grasshopper

yīgēnshéngshàngdemàzha

see [[一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱<yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha>]]

yīgēnshéngshàngdemàzha

一根绳上的蚂蚱 ↗

see [[一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱<yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha>]]

一条绳上的蚂蚱 ↗

yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha

lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom) / fig. in the same boat / in it together for better or worse / to sink or swim together

yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha

一条绳上的蚂蚱 ↗

lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom) / fig. in the same boat / in it together for better or worse / to sink or swim together

热锅上的蚂蚁 ↗

règuōshangdemǎyǐ

(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated

règuōshangdemǎyǐ

热锅上的蚂蚁 ↗

(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated