蟊

máo = m + ao2

Spanish fly / grain-eating grub

máo = m + ao2

spear / lance / pike

Mahatma Gandhi (m) is standing guard just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) with a lance (矛) in his hands.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

蟊 is not used as a component in another character.

insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people