蛙 (wā): frog, CL:隻|只
蛙 (wā) is a Chinese character meaning “frog.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (semantic) and 圭 (phonetic). It ranks #2694 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蛙 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 蛋 (dàn, egg), 虽 (suī, although), 虫 (chóng, insect).
Definitions
- frog
- CL:隻|只
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青蛙noun | qīng wā | frog |
| 牛蛙noun | niú wā | bullfrog |
| 井底之蛙phrase | jǐng dǐ zhī wā | (lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) |
| 蛙泳noun | wā yǒng | breaststroke (swimming) |
| 蛙人noun | wā rén | frogman |
| 树蛙noun | shù wā | tree frog |
| 雨蛙 | yǔ wā | rain frog |
| 中国林蛙 | zhōng guó lín wā | Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) |
| 井蛙之见phrase | jǐng wā zhī jiàn | the view of a frog in a well (idiom) |
| 黑顶蛙口鸱 | hēi dǐng wā kǒu chī | (bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni) |
| 温水煮青蛙 | wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā | (fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance |
| 蛙式noun | wā shì | breaststroke (swimming) |
| 台蛙noun | tái wā | (derog.) Taiwanese |
| 箭毒蛙noun | jiàn dú wā | poison dart frog |
| 蛙鞋noun | wā xié | (diving, snorkeling) fins |
蛙 appears in 16 compound words: 25 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 13 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 蛙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
蛙字由12笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
wā zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character for "frog" consists of 12 strokes and has a very clever structure.
基隆百福公园儿童游戏场融湿地 赤蛙溜滑梯还有豆娘多种生态游具
jī lóng bǎi fú gōng yuán ér tóng yóu xì chǎng róng shī dì chì wā liū huá tī hái yǒu dòu niáng duō zhǒng shēng tài yóu jù
Keelung's Baifu Park Playground Features Wetland-Themed Play Equipment, Including a Red-eyed Frog Slide and Various Ecological Play Structures Such as Dragonflies
日月潭九蛙清淤出土! 深埋底层“蛙王”重见天日
rì yuè tán jiǔ wā qīng yū chū tǔ ! shēn mái de céng wā wáng chóng jiàn tiān rì
Sun Moon Lake’s Nine Frogs Unearthed During Dredging! The “Frog King,” Long Buried at the Bottom, Sees the Light of Day Again
武汉食客食牛蛙惊见“加料” 天花板穿洞人腿悬半空 食客...
wǔ hàn shí kè shí niú wā jīng jiàn jiā liào tiān huā bǎn chuān dòng rén tuǐ xuán bàn kōng shí kè . . .
Wuhan Diners Find "Extra Ingredients" in Their Bullfrog Dish; Man's Legs Hanging in Mid-Air After Ceiling Collapse; Diners...
...吴欣岱建议走3分钟就要有 游淑慧批井底之蛙
. . . wú xīn 岱 jiàn yì zǒu 3 fēn zhōng jiù yāo yǒu yóu 淑 huì pī jǐng de zhī wā
... Wu Xindai suggested that there should be a frog at the bottom of the well after walking for 3 minutes
台南2高工生想当网红“炮炸青蛙”网骂翻
tái nán 2 gāo gōng shēng xiǎng dāng wǎng hóng pào zhà qīng wā wǎng mà fān
Tainan 2 senior engineering students want to be Internet celebrities "bombarding frogs" Internet scolding
蟋蟀的叫声与蛙鸣催我入眠。
Xīshuài de jiàoshēng yǔ wā míng cuī wǒ rùmián.
The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.
我无法区分青蛙和蟾蜍。
Wǒ wúfǎ qūfēn qīngwā hé chánchú.
I can't tell a frog from a toad.
我的喉咙里有一只青蛙。
Wǒ de hóulóng lǐ yǒu yī zhī qīngwā.
I have a frog in my throat.
以前在这个池塘里有许多青蛙。
Yǐqián zài zhège chítáng lǐ yǒu xǔduō qīngwā.
There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 虫 (insect) component
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