蛐 (qū) - Cricket — refers to crickets, small insects known

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qū ｜ 12 strokes ｜ radical:

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蛐 · qū

Cricket — refers to crickets, small insects known for their chirping sounds, often kept as pets or for fighting in some Chinese cultural contexts.

Cricket — refers to crickets, small insects known

Usage highlights

Cricket chirpingCatch cricketsKeep cricketsCricket fightingCricket cageField cricket

Synonyms

  • 蟋蟀— cricket (more formal term)
  • 促织— cricket (literary term)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The cricket chirped loudly (蛐蛐叫).
  • Children enjoy catching crickets (捉蛐蛐).
  • He keeps a cricket in a small cage (养蛐蛐).
  • Cricket fighting is a traditional pastime (斗蛐蛐).

Collocations

  • Cricket chirping(蛐蛐叫)
  • Catch crickets(捉蛐蛐)
  • Keep crickets(养蛐蛐)
  • Cricket fighting(斗蛐蛐)
  • Cricket cage(蛐蛐笼)
  • Field cricket(田野蛐蛐)

Idioms

  • As timid as an autumn cricket(秋蛐之怯)
  • Cricket in the wall(墙缝蛐蛐)
  • Cricket's struggle(蛐蛐之争)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Crickets have been kept as pets in China since ancient times, valued for their singing and fighting abilities.
  • Cricket fighting was a popular pastime among nobility during the Tang and Song dynasties.
  • The character 蛐 is often reduplicated as 蛐蛐 in colloquial speech to refer to crickets.

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