蚊 wén
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蚊子
wénzi
mosquito
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 基因编辑技术若被用于控制蚊子种群，必须先评估其生态后果。 Jīyīn biānjí jìshù ruò bèi yòng yú kòngzhì wénzi zhǒngqún, bìxū xiān pínggū qí shēngtài hòuguǒ. If gene-editing technology is used to control mosquito populations, its ecological consequences must first be assessed.
- 我最怕夏天，晚上总有蚊子在耳边嗡嗡叫。 Wǒ zuì pà xiàtiān, wǎnshang zǒng yǒu wénzi zài ěrbiān wēngwēng jiào. I dread summer most — every evening there are mosquitoes buzzing by my ear.
- 被蚊子咬了好几个包，又红又痒。 Bèi wénzi yǎo le hǎo jǐ ge bāo, yòu hóng yòu yǎng. Mosquito bites have raised several welts, all red and itchy.