蚊 = 虫 + 文

蚊 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mosquito”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 文 (literature).

Keyword: mosquito
Pinyin (Mandarin): wén
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: комар
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 蚊 mosquito

Decomposition

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虫 insects
文 literature

How to find 蚊 without knowing its reading

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

Open 蚊 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.