蛙

frog; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,578 U+86D9

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)

components: 虫圭

frog · Heisig RSH #1741

虫 insect + bricks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
圭 sound component	guī	jade tablet
挂	guà	to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
鞋	xié	shoes, footwear in general
街	jiē	street, road, thoroughfare
佳	jiā	good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful
桂	guì	cassia, cinnamon
硅	guī	silicon
哇	wā	to vomit; an infant's cry
闺	guī	women's quarters; lady's apartment
奎	kuí	a man's stride; a constellation
卦	guà	divination, fortune-telling
洼	wā	pit, hollow, depression; swamp
畦	qí	sections in a vegetable farm
眭	suī	a piercing gaze; the evil eye
筀	guì	bamboo (archaic)
絓	guà	to hinder, to obstruct
鲑	guī	salmon; Spheroides vermicularis
恚	huì	anger, rage
诖	guà	error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国林蛙	Zhōng guó lín wā	Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)
井蛙之见	jǐng wā zhī jiàn	the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
井底之蛙	jǐng dǐ zhī wā	(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); (fig.) a person of limited outlook and expe…
温水煮青蛙	wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā	(fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance; gradual chan…
蛙人	wā rén	frogman
台蛙	Tái wā	(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolit…
蛙式	wā shì	breaststroke (swimming)
箭毒蛙	jiàn dú wā	poison dart frog
青蛙	qīng wā	frog (CL:隻\|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly guy
牛蛙	niú wā	bullfrog
树蛙	shù wā	tree frog
雨蛙	yǔ wā	rain frog
黑顶蛙口鸱	hēi dǐng wā kǒu chī	(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
蛙鞋	wā xié	(diving, snorkeling) fins; flippers
馋嘴蛙	chán zuǐ wā	sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce
蛙泳	wā yǒng	breaststroke (swimming)