Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "蚋", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "蚋", and master the standard way of writing the character "蚋".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 蚋
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蚋" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
蚋 [ruì]
1. Insect, about 2 to 3 millimeters in body length, with a small head, black color, and a raised thorax, which feeds on the blood of humans and animals; the larvae inhabit water.
2. Small mosquito; also known as midge.
3. Refers mainly to any small dipterans from the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, and Simuliidae, many of which can bite humans and are intermediate hosts that transmit parasites affecting humans and various other vertebrates.
4. Example references:
- "In popular literature: Small mosquitoes are called 'ruì'."
- "From Mencius: 'The flies and midge will sting.'"
- Phrases such as "ruì wing" (metaphor for something extremely small) and "ruì midge" (referring to both midge and another small insect).