Word and Radical Components of 蜜蜂

The Chinese word 蜜蜂 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
蜜蜂	mìfēng	1. n. bee; honey bee

蜜蜂 ⇨ 蜜 + 蜂

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
蜜	mì	1. honey
		蜂蜜 - honey
		蜜蜂 - honeybee
		2. the colour of honey; honey-coloured
		蜜色 - colour of honey
		3. beeswax
		蜜燭 - candle
		4. (dialectal Cantonese) bee; honeybee
		5. sweet
		甜蜜 - sweet, happy
		水蜜桃 - honey peach
		甜言蜜語 - sweet words and honeyed phrases; cajolery
		6. mistress, young girl
		小蜜 - mistress
		閨蜜 - female friend (of female)
蜂	fēng	1. Apoidea or Vespa (wasps, bees and hornets)
		蜜蜂 - bee; honeybee -
		黃蜂 - wasp -
		2. (specifically) honey bee
		蜂蜜 - honey -
		3. swarm

蜜 ⇨ 宓 + 虫

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
宓	mì	1. (obsolete) silent; quiet; tranquil
		2. Variant of 密
		3. Variant of 蜜
虫		1. insect
		2. Variant of 蟲
		3. Variant of 虺

宓 ⇨ 宀 + 必

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
宀	mián	1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
		2. a kind of flower
		3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
		4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
必	bì	1. surely; most certainly; always; invariably
		2. must; have to; shall
		3. (literary) (conjunction indicating the condition of a concession or exception, especially a hypothetical or implied one)
		4. (Min Nan) (of skin) to chap
		5. (Hakka, Min Nan) to crack