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Kanji Detail for 蟻 - "ant, black"
蟻
- Meaning
蟻 means "ant, black."
Ant - An insect of the family Formicidae.
Black - The color black.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
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CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
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XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An insect name. Lives in groups forming a society. Divided into three types: queen ant, worker ant, and male ant. Queen ants are responsible for reproduction. Worker ants are responsible for building nests and gathering food. | 白蟻 (termite). An insect name. A type of mayfly. Grayish-white in color. Wings are longer than body. Eats the wood of trees. Causes them to decay and collapse. Very harmful. | Wine dregs. Such as saying 浮蟻 (floating dregs), 綠蟻 (green dregs). Refers to the foam floating on the surface when wine is ready. | A metaphor for insignificance. Such as saying 螻蟻 (mole crickets and ants). 蟻命 (ant's life). | 蟻封 (ant mound). Refers to uneven rising places on hills. Like the raised mounds of ant burrows.
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