mosquito

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is killing two mosquitoes (蚊)(虫) in one strike with a thick book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
old variant of 蚊[wen2]
old variant of 蚊[wen2]

蚊 character breakdown

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

= + : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.

Characters with 蚊 as component

蚊 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 蚊

mosquito net / CL:頂|顶[ding3]
Aedes, a genus of mosquito
Anopheles (type of mosquito)
Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
(jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)
mosquito-repellent incense or coil
DEET (insect repellent)
cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
anopheles / malarial mosquito

Sentences with 蚊

蚊 currently does not appear in any sentence.