虻 = 虫 + 亡

虻 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “horsefly”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 亡 (death).

Keyword: horsefly
Pinyin (Mandarin): méng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: horsefly, gadfly, лягушка, gadfly

Decomposition

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虫 insects
亡 death

How to find 虻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insects” + “death”. 虻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 虻 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.