虻 — Chinese character
虻
méng
horsefly, gadfly
- Pinyin
- méng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 虫 亡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 亡
- Japanese
- 虻 as a kanji
Common words with 虻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛虻 | niú méng | gadfly (Tabanus bovinus) |
虻 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.