蚁
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ant
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 虫 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蚁
- Common rank
- #2,109
- Unicode
- U+8681
Formation & memory
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Words with 蚁
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红火蚁 | fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China | |
| 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴 | see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2] | |
| 热锅上的蚂蚁 | (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated | |
| 白蚁 | termite; white ant | |
| 工蚁 | worker ant | |
| 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 | (lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may … | |
| 蚁后 | queen ant | |
| 蚁族 | "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develo… | |
| 蚁酸 | formic acid | |
| 食蚁兽 | ant-eater (several different species) | |
| 兵蚁 | soldier ant; dinergate | |
| 蚂蚁上树 | "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and gr… | |
| 蚂蚁金服 | Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] | |
| 蚁斗蜗争 | lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling | |
| 蚁窝 | ant nest | |
| 蚂蚁包 | ant bite (swollen, itchy bump); anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest | |
| 蚁丘 | anthill | |
| 如蚁附膻 | like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs a… | |
| 蚁穴 | ant nest | |
| 蚂蚁腰 | (coll.) tiny waist |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 义 — compare how they read.