蝤 (qiú) is the Chinese character for 蝤蛴, which refers to the larvae of the beetle in ancient books. Mayfly, or mayfly, is a kind of beetle that likes to live in groups and has a short lifespan. Ancient people used words for names.
1. Interpretation
1. Character shape and pronunciation: "蝤" is an ideographic word composed of the word "insect" and the word "chief", indicating an insect. The word "蝤" has two pronunciations, qiú and yóu, which correspond to different meanings.
2. Meanings and words: 蝤qiú means the larvae of longhorned beetles in ancient books. Common words include 蝤蛟 (qiúqí), which refers to a kind of woodworm. 蝤yóu means mayfly (fúyóu), a kind of crustacean insect. Common words include mayfly (fúyóu) and 蝤葳 (yóuméng), the latter also refers to a kind of marine crab.
3. Dialect and region: 蝤yóu also means "crab" in Cantonese, which is a dialect usage. "Yangcheng Evening News" reported on December 29, 1983: "She knew that I had been away from home for a long time and loved to eat the famous seafood in Feiyunjiang River, such as plump crabs (known as locusts by locals and crabs by Taiwanese), which surprised me. The wonders and beauty of seafood in my hometown."
4. It means "leader", "one hundred percent" and "complete". The word "worm" combined with the word "chief" means "complete insect". The character "蝤" was created during the Ming Dynasty to name the descendants of the royal family. Because Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that his descendants must be named with radicals in the order of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, so some characters were created that could only be used in personal names.
2. Classification
1. The character "蝤" is rarely used in modern Chinese. It is generally only found in names of people or places, such as Ruan Xianchu, Li 蝤, etc.
2. The word "褤" is related to the word "褐", which is an edible insect, also known as bamboo insect, stick insect, bamboo cocoon, etc. Both beetles and beetles are the larvae of beetles, but beetles live in bamboo, while beetles live in wood.
3. The word "蝤" also appears in ancient poems, such as "Qingpingle·Crane Ming Jiugao": "The sound of the crane Ming Jiugao is sad, and the wind carries the guest boat across Jiangxi. The soldiers on the river do not return. On the day, I left my lonely concubine with thousands of tears." Among them, "Jiangxi" refers to the abbreviation of Jiangxi Province, which is also the hometown of Li Qi.
Examples of the 蝤incident
1. Ruan Xianchu is a famous Vietnamese writer and translator. He has translated Chinese classics such as "A Dream of Red Mansions".
2. Li Qi was a general in the early Ming Dynasty and participated in quelling peasant uprisings in Shaanxi, Henan and other places.
3. Both cockroaches and beetles are larvae of beetles, but their shapes and living environments are different.
4. The word "蝤" is rare. I only know one classmate with this name.
5. 蝤 is a Chinese character composed of the word "worm" next to the word "chief", which means the larvae of a beetle or a kind of beetle.