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螟

míng

Character

What 螟 means

1. boring insect
2. snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

Words starting with 螟

• 螟虫míng chóngboring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 螟蛉míng línggreen rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son…
• 螟蛉子míng líng zǐadopted son

Characters built on 冥

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

• 瞑míngto close (the eyes)
• 溟míngto drizzle; sea
• 暝míngdark

Characters that look like 螟

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

• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 瞠chēngstare at sth beyond reach
• 蟆mátoad
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 蝾róngsalamander

Sounds the same

Read míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 明bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 铭to engrave; inscribed motto
• 鸣to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 冥dark; deep; stupid
• 茗Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 溟to drizzle; sea
• 暝dark
• 瞑to close (the eyes)
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂