Definitions

(bound form) bat

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

The character "蝠" is a phonosemantic compound consisting of the semantic radical "虫", which denotes creatures or insects, and the phonetic component "畐", providing the sound "fu". Historically used in the term "蝙蝠" to refer to the bat, its meaning has been consistently applied in this zoological context. The structure of "蝠" follows the common pattern where the radical indicates category and the phonetic component correlates with pronunciation, without significant alteration to its form or primary meaning over time.

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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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在夜晚飞。

Biānfú zài yèwǎn fēi.

Bats fly at night.

我看到一只蝙

Wǒ kàndào yī zhī biānfú.

I saw a bat.

住在山洞里。

Biānfú zhù zài shāndòng lǐ.

Bats live in caves.

使用回声定位。

Biānfú shǐyòng huíshēng dìngwèi.

Bats use echolocation.

是哺乳动物,会飞。

Biānfú shì bǔrǔ dòngwù, huì fēi.

Bats are mammals that can fly.

因为蝙吃昆虫,所以对农业有益。

Yīnwèi biānfú chī kūnchóng, suǒyǐ duì nóngyè yǒuyì.

Because bats eat insects, they are beneficial to agriculture.

虽然蝙看起来像鸟,但它们不是鸟类。

Suīrán biānfú kàn qǐlái xiàng niǎo, dàn tāmen bù shì niǎolèi.

Although bats look like birds, they are not birds.

科学家研究蝙的导航系统,以改进雷达技术。

Kēxuéjiā yánjiū biānfú de dǎoháng xìtǒng, yǐ gǎijìn léidá jìshù.

Scientists study bats' navigation systems to improve radar technology.