蚜 = 虫 + 牙

蚜 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “plant louse”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 牙 (tooth).

Keyword: plant louse
Pinyin (Mandarin): yá
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: plant louse, aphids, вошь, тля, aphids

Decomposition

ids

虫 insects
牙 tooth

How to find 蚜 without knowing its reading

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

Open 蚜 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.