| 蚱 | |||
| grasshopper; (edible) locust; cicada | |||
| Radical | 虫 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | zhà | Cantonese reading | zaa3 zaak3 |
| Japanese on reading | saku shaku sa sha | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | chayk | Vietnamese reading | |
| 蚱 | |||
| grasshopper; (edible) locust; cicada | |||
| Radical | 虫 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | zhà | Cantonese reading | zaa3 zaak3 |
| Japanese on reading | saku shaku sa sha | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | chayk | Vietnamese reading | |
| 蚱虫 | [ zhà chóng ] grasshopper |
| ⇒ 一根绳上的蚂蚱 | [ yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha ] see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] |
| ⇒ 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | [ yī shéng shàng de mà zha ] lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom), fig. people who are in it together for better or worse, people who will sink or swim together |
| ⇒ 蚂蚱 | [ mà zha ] (dialect) locust, grasshopper |
| ⇒ 蚂蚱也是肉 | [ mà zha yě shì roù ] lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom), fig. it's better than nothing |