蚂 mǎ ant
ant; leech
怎么记住“蚂”: 虫 insect + 马 horse = ant. At the picnic a tiny insect climbs onto the toy horse, and the little boy shouts that his pony has been stolen by an ant.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
蚂 = 虫 insect + 马 horse
- 虫 insect meaning
- 马 horse sound
At the picnic a tiny insect climbs onto the toy horse, and the little boy shouts that his pony has been stolen by an ant.
How it came to be
The insect gives the meaning and the horse gives the sound.
用法
- Ant: the first half of 蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ), ant.
- Also in 蚂蟥 (mǎhuáng) leech and, with tone change, 蚂蚱 (màzha) grasshopper: the character shifts.
- 蚂蚁搬家 (mǎyǐ bānjiā) 'ants moving house' = folk sign of coming rain.
- Brand name 蚂蚁 (Ant Group); otherwise a bound morpheme.