蠅 meaning and stroke order
Fly, musca
How to write 蠅, stroke by stroke
19 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 蠅
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- fly
- musca
How 蠅 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on.
Radical: 虫 (insect), shared by 197 characters on this site.
How to remember 蠅
On the left is 虫 (chóng), the insect part, and on the right is 黽 (mǐn), a toad or frog. Picture the insect that a toad loves to catch and eat: the fly.
蠅 is rarely used alone in speech. It usually appears in the word 蒼蠅 (cāngying), written 苍蝇 in simplified Chinese, meaning housefly. Example: 桌上有一隻蒼蠅。(Zhuō shang yǒu yì zhī cāngying.) There is a fly on the table.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 蠅 (yíng) with 蚊 (wén), which means mosquito. Both use the 虫 radical, but 蚊 is a mosquito and 蠅 is a fly. Also note that in 蒼蠅 the second syllable is usually said in the neutral tone, cāngying, not cāngyíng.
Common words with 蠅
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 蒼蠅 | cāngying | housefly | HSK 7-9 |
Questions about 蠅
How many strokes are in 蠅?
蠅 is written with 19 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蠅 mean?
蠅 (yíng) means fly, musca. A common word with it is 苍蝇 (cāngying), meaning "housefly".
How do you pronounce 蠅?
蠅 is pronounced yíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 蠅?
The radical of 蠅 is 虫, which carries the idea of "insect". Dictionaries list 蠅 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 蠅?
蠅 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 蝇, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does the idiom 蠅頭小利 mean?
蠅頭小利 (yíngtóu xiǎolì) literally means profit as small as a fly's head. It describes a tiny, petty gain that is not worth chasing.
What is the simplified form of 蠅?
The simplified form is 蝇. The right side 黽 is simplified to 黾, so the common word appears as 苍蝇 in mainland texts.