Chinese Character Wiki

蠛

miè

flies

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

蔑 sound component

蔑  Sound component

miè

  

disdain

Evolution

蠛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蠛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蠛  

miè

flies, small insects produced in damp places; minute flies

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5695th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Unicode

U+881B

Shuowen

《說文新附》：“蠛，蠛蠓，細蟲也。从虫，蔑聲。”


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