Chinese symbol for “mosquito”
蚊子
wén zi
mosquito
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mosquito is 蚊子 (wén zi), defined as: mosquito.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mosquito”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蚊子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚊虫 (蚊蟲) | wén chóng | mosquito |
| 蚊帐 (蚊帳) | wén zhàng | mosquito net; 顶 (dǐng) |
| 蚊香 | wén xiāng | mosquito-repellent incense or coil |
| 驱蚊 (驅蚊) | qū wén | to repel mosquitoes |
| 伊蚊 | yī wén | Aedes, a genus of mosquito |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mosquito”.
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.