蜻 — Chinese character
蜻
qīng
dragonfly
- Pinyin
- qīng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 虫 青
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 青
- Japanese
- 蜻 as a kanji
Common words with 蜻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜻蜓 | qīng tíng | dragonfly |
| 蜻蜓点水 (蜻蜓點水) | qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom) |
| 蜻蛉 | qīng líng | damselfly; lacewing |
| 剑走蜻蛉 (劍走蜻蛉) | jiàn zǒu qīng líng | the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move |
| 草蜻蛉 | cǎo qīng líng | green lacewing |
| 蜻蛉目 | qīng líng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 蜻蜓目 | qīng tíng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 蜻蝏 | qīng tíng | variant of 蜻蜓 (qīng tíng) |
English words written with 蜻
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.