蜂 (fēng): bee
蜂 (fēng) is a Chinese character meaning “bee.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (semantic) and 夆 (phonetic). It ranks #1890 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蜂 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 蛋 (dàn, egg), 虽 (suī, although), 虫 (chóng, insect).
Definitions
- bee
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 蜂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜂蜜noun | fēng mì | honey |
| 黄蜂noun | huáng fēng | wasp |
| 蜂鸟noun | fēng niǎo | hummingbird |
| 蜂窝noun | fēng wō | honeycomb |
| 蜂巢noun | fēng cháo | honeycomb |
| 蜂拥而至phrase | fēng yōng ér zhì | to arrive in huge numbers |
| 蜂房noun | fēng fáng | honeycomb |
| 蜂拥verb | fēng yōng | to swarm |
| 雄蜂noun | xióng fēng | drone (bee) |
| 工蜂noun | gōng fēng | worker bee |
| 蜂群noun | fēng qún | bee colony |
| 蜂鸣器 | fēng míng qì | buzzer |
| 一窝蜂adverb | yī wō fēng | like a swarm of bees |
| 蜂箱noun | fēng xiāng | beehive |
| 马蜂noun | mǎ fēng | hornet |
蜂 appears in 63 compound words: 52 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蜂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
蜜蜂采集花蜜酿造蜂蜜，对人类很有益。
Mìfēng cǎijí huāmì niàngzào fēngmì, duì rénlèi hěn yǒuyì.
Bees collect nectar to make honey, which is very beneficial to humans.
NBA/打破新秀三分球纪录 黄蜂克努佩尔:以为7场就能破
N B A dǎ pò xīn xiù sān fēn qiú jì lù huáng fēng kè nǔ pèi ěr : yǐ wéi 7 chǎng jiù néng pò
NBA/Breaking rookie three-point shooting record Hornets Knupel: I thought I could break it in 7 games
盐水蜂炮下周一登场 黄伟哲吁看蜂炮还要看灯会逛...
yán shuǐ fēng pào xià zhōu yī dēng chǎng huáng wěi zhé xū kàn fēng pào hái yāo kàn dēng huì guàng . . .
The saltwater bee cannon will debut next Monday, and Huang Weizhe calls for watching the bee cannon and watching the lantern festival...
卜蜂2025年每股纯益达10.39元 拟每股...
bǔ fēng 2 0 2 5 nián měi gǔ chún yì dá 1 0 . 3 9 yuán nǐ měi gǔ . . .
Bufeng's net profit per share in 2025 will reach 10.39 yuan per share...
2026盐水蜂炮:施放流程、遶境路线、防护装备、交通全...
yán shuǐ fēng pào shī fàng liú chéng 遶 jìng lù xiàn fáng hù zhuāng bèi jiāo tōng quán . . .
2026 Saltwater Bee Cannon: Casting process, route, protective equipment, transportation...
在葡萄牙防治栗瘿蜂
zài pú táo yá fáng zhì 栗 瘿 fēng
Control of the chestnut gall wasp in Portugal
我们被一大群蜜蜂攻击。
Wǒmen bèi yī dà qún mìfēng gōngjī.
We were attacked by swarms of bees.
一窝黄蜂袭击了孩子们。
Yī wō huángfēng xíjī le háizimen.
A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
加入蜂蜜，柠檬汁，切碎的杏仁和切碎的苹果。
Jiārù fēngmì, níngméngzhī, qiēsuì de xìngrén hé qiēsuì de píngguǒ.
Add the honey, lemon juice, chopped almonds and the chopped apples.
蜜蜂在花丛中飞行。
Mìfēng zài huācóng zhōng fēixíng.
Bees are flying among the flowers.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 虫 (insect) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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