Memory phrase for the character: 蜂

蜂

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Meaning

bee, wasp

Pronunciation

 HŌ
hachi

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫 (body 口 and sting ム of an insect), right: pointed, needle-shaped 夆 (When sitting cross-legged 夂 on the peak of a growing plant 丰, you feel it is pointed.)

Mnemonic
 
Insects with pointed stings are bees. (Or: The insect sitting at the plant's top is the bee.)

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect
夆 pointed (=needle-shaped)(in Chinese only)
夂 crossed legsThis radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.
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 Vocabulary

蜂蜜 はちみつ  honey

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