蟻 Home·Characters·蟻 Character · Nature 蟻 あり ari ant Composition 12345678910111213141516171819 虫insect, bug義righteousness, duty Origin The creature radical (虫) gives the meaning and 義 the sound: the ant. Proverbs carrying this character 079 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴から The tallest dike fails through an ant's hole. Related characters 亀turtle光light兎hare, rabbit叢thicket, clump咲to bloom土earth, soil天sky, heaven実fruit, reality山mountain岩rock, crag