qiāng
虼螂
dung beetle
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
dung beetle; scarab
literaryA type of beetle that feeds on and rolls dung into balls. Primarily used in compound words and scientific or literary contexts.
Qiāng蜣
láng螂
zhèng正
zài在
tuī推
yí一
gè个
fèn粪
qiú球
。
A dung beetle is pushing a ball of dung.
Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
āi埃
jí及
wén文
huà化
zhōng中
，
shèng圣
jiǎ甲
chóng虫
jiù就
shì是
qiāng蜣
láng螂
de的
yī一
zhǒng种
xiàng象
zhēng征
。
In ancient Egyptian culture, the scarab was a symbol of the dung beetle.
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Zhè这
gè个
hàn汉
zì字
de的
bù部
shǒu首
shì是
‘chóng‘
hé虫
’
，
qiāng和
láng蜣
shǔ螂
yú属
kūn于
chóng昆
yǒu虫
guān有
关
。
The radical of this character is '虫' (insect), relating to the dung beetle being an insect.