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蛾

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Character

What 蛾 means

1. bound formmoth

Example sentences

• 飞蛾被光线吸引。
  Fēi'é bèi guāngxiàn xīyǐn.
  Moths are attracted by light.
• 雪松的气味可以驱赶飞蛾。
  The scent of cedar repels moths.
• 这是一只蝴蝶还是一只飞蛾？
  Zhè shì yī zhī húdié háishi yī zhī fēi'é?
  Is it a butterfly or a moth?

Words starting with 蛾

• 蛾子é zimoth
• 蛾眉é méi(fig.) beautiful woman
• 蛾类é lèimoth (family)
• 蛾摩拉É mó lāGomorrah
• 蛾眉皓齿é méi hào chǐbeautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman

Words containing 蛾

• 飞蛾fēi émoth
• 灯蛾dēng émoth
• 飞蛾扑火fēi é pū huǒthe moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction
• 蚕蛾cán éChinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
• 木蠹蛾mù dù éwood moth; carpenter moth
• 苹果蠹蛾píng guǒ dù écodling moth (Cydia pomonella)
• 尺蠖蛾chǐ huò émoth in family Geometridae
• 所多玛与蛾摩拉Suǒ duō mǎ yǔ É mó lāSodom and Gomorrah
• 妖蛾子yāo é zivariant of 幺蛾子
• 飞蛾投火fēi é tóu huǒsee 飞蛾扑火

Characters built on 我

These share the phonetic component 我 (wǒ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 哦éto chant
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 鹅égoose
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 蛾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 棣dìKerria japonica
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣

Sounds the same

Read é, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哦to chant
• 额forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 俄suddenly; very soon
• 鹅goose
• 娥good; beautiful
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河