虻 — maeng

Parts that make up 虻

Japanese words with 虻

• 虻あぶ horsefly; gadfly
• 花虻はなあぶ hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
• 盲虻めくらあぶ deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
• 馬虻うまあぶ horse botfly
• 吊虻つりあぶ bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
• 牛虻うしあぶ Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
• 水虻みずあぶ soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)
• 虻蜂あぶはち horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
• 虫引虻むしひきあぶ robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
• 赤牛虻あかうしあぶ Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
• 塩屋虻シオヤアブ robber fly (Promachus yesonicus)
• 虻蜂取らずあぶはちとらず attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee

Characters sharing the phonetic 亡

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “맹”

Other hanja with radical 虫