蝗
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locust
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How 蝗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 皇 (phonetic, huáng)
How to remember it
locust · Heisig RSH #1740
虫 insect + 皇 emperor
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皇
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皇 (huáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇 sound component | huáng | royal, imperial; ruler, superior |
| 惶 | huáng | anxious, nervous, uneasy |
| 凰 | huáng | female phoenix |
| 煌 | huáng | bright, shining, luminous |
| 遑 | huáng | leisurely; hurried, anxious |
| 湟 | huáng | river in Qinghai province |
| 艎 | huáng | fast boat |
| 隍 | huáng | dry ditch, dry moat |
| 徨 | huáng | doubtful, irresolute, vacillating |
| 篁 | huáng | bamboo grove |
| 鳇 | huáng | sturgeon |
Words containing 蝗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑斑蝗莺 | hēi bān huáng yīng | (bird species of China) common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| 史氏蝗莺 | Shǐ shì huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes pleskei) |
| 小蝗莺 | xiǎo huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola) |
| 北蝗莺 | běi huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis) |
| 苍眉蝗莺 | cāng méi huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus) |
| 蝗科 | huáng kē | Acridoidea (family containing grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) |
| 沙蝗 | shā huáng | desert locust |
| 飞蝗 | fēi huáng | flying locusts |
| 蝗虫 | huáng chóng | locust |
| 矛斑蝗莺 | máo bān huáng yīng | (bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata) |
| 鸲蝗莺 | qú huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides) |
| 蝗灾 | huáng zāi | plague of locusts |
| 蝗蝻 | huáng nǎn | locust nymph |