mayfly

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

孚 sound component

  Sound component

  

captive

Evolution

蜉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mayfly; kind of large insect; (dragon fly); (large ant); (wasp)

Most common words with 蜉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蜉蝣

mayfly

蚍蜉撼树

lit. an ant trying to shake a tree

蚍蜉撼大树

fig. to overrate one's own strength

蚍蜉

a type of large ant

(wasp)