蚍 Stroke Order — How to Write 蚍

蚍 is written in 10 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 虫, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

蚍 Radical and Character Components

Components:虫比

蚍 is a phono-semantic compound: 虫 (mollusk) carries the meaning, while 比 indicates the sound.

Radical: 虫 + 4 more strokes

蚍 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 蚍 in Chinese

pí蚍

Refers to 'pífú' (蚍蜉), meaning a large ant. It is commonly used in the idiom 'pífú hàn dàshù' (蚍蜉撼大树), which metaphorically describes an overestimation of one's own strength, akin to an ant attempting to shake a big tree.

那个小团队想挑战行业巨头，简直是蚍蜉撼大树。

That small team trying to challenge the industry giant is simply like an ant trying to shake a big tree.

Common Words and Phrases with 蚍

pí蚍fú蜉

A species of large ant.

面对如此强大的对手，他深知自己如同蚍蜉撼树，却仍不肯放弃。

Facing such a formidable opponent, he knew he was like an ant trying to shake a mighty tree, yet he still refused to give up.

pí蚍fú蜉hàn撼dà大shù树

An ant trying to shake a big tree; a futile attempt by a weak force to challenge something immensely powerful, or ridiculously overestimating one's own strength.