蝇(yíng): fly
fly
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Meaning
- fly; musca; CL:只
- Strokes
- 14
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- 蠅
Origin & structure
Where 蝇 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 蝇 step by step
14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 蝇
Common words using 蝇 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
Open 如蝇逐臭 page →(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a …
Open 蝇营狗苟 page →Related characters
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