蝣
mayfly
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Readings
On'yomi
- ユウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
蝣 refers specifically to the mayfly, a short-lived insect.
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Etymology
蝣 combines 虫 (insect) with 斿, which likely contributes the sound ユウ. The character was created to name the mayfly.
Meaning mnemonic
The insect radical 虫 beside 斿, which looks like a child 子 holding a flag 方, suggests a delicate, short-lived insect fluttering like a flag in the breeze: the mayfly.
Reading mnemonic
For ユウ, imagine a mayfly drifting on the wind saying 'you' to the world: you -> ユウ, and the mayfly's brief life is a greeting to the day.