Chinese symbol for “locust”
蝗虫
huáng chóng
Traditional: 蝗蟲
locust
The closest CC-CEDICT match for locust is 蝗虫 (huáng chóng), defined as: locust.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “locust”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝗 | huáng | locust |
| 蚂蚱 (螞蚱) | mà zha | (dialect) locust; grasshopper |
| 蟅 | zhè | locust; Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis) |
| 蝒 | mián | large, black cicada; locust |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蝗虫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝗灾 (蝗災) | huáng zāi | plague of locusts |
| 飞蝗 (飛蝗) | fēi huáng | flying locusts |
| 蝗蝻 | huáng nǎn | locust nymph |
| 北蝗莺 (北蝗鶯) | běi huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis) |
| 小蝗莺 (小蝗鶯) | xiǎo huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola) |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
| 杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑) | shā chóng jì | insecticide; pesticide |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
See also: Japanese symbol for “locust”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.