1234567891011121314151617KeywordSpanish flygrain-eating grubFrequency#6328Strokes17ReadingsmáoMnemonic虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 矛 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of矛spear虫insectUsed in vocabulary蟊máoSpanish fly; grain-eating grub蟊贼máozéiinsect that damages cereal crop seedlings; (lit. and fig.) vermin; a person harmful to the country and the people