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蝠

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(bound form) bat

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Strokes
15
Radical
虫 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
蝠
Common rank
#3,417
Unicode
U+8760

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Formation & memory

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How 蝠 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 meaning “insect” + 畐 sound

Components 虫 畐

How to remember it

bat · Heisig RSH #1738

虫 insect + wealth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 蝠

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
叶口蝠科 yè kǒu fú kē (zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
台湾叶鼻蝠 Tái wān yè bí fú Formosan leaf-nosed bat
叶鼻蝠 yè bí fú leaf-nosed bat
狐蝠 hú fú flying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus)
鬼蝠𫚉 guǐ fú hóng manta ray, esp. giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris)
蝙蝠侠 Biān fú xiá Batman, comic book superhero
蝙蝠 biān fú (zoology) bat
蝠鲼 fú fèn manta ray (genus Mobula)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 畐 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
畐 sound part — to fill; a roll of cloth
福 fú happiness, good fortune, blessings
富 fù abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
副 fù to assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary
逼 bī to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force
辐 fú ray, spoke
匐 fú to crawl; to lie prostrate