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Kanji Detail for 蜉 - "large ant, mayfly"
蜉
- Meaning
蜉 means "large ant, mayfly."
Large ant - An insect of the family Formicidae (used in compound 蚍蜉).
Mayfly - An insect of the order Ephemeroptera, symbolizing transience due to its short lifespan (used in compound 蜉蝣).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
kind of ant; may fly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
mayfly
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 蚍蜉[pi2 fu2]; used in 蜉蝣[fu2 you2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
wasp; mayfly; large ant
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
蜉蝣 (mayfly). An insect name. Six to seven fen long. Head resembles a dragonfly but smaller. Has four wings. Body is narrow and long. Tail is thin like silk. Between summer and autumn, often flies near water. Dies within a few hours. | 蚍蜉. A large ant.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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