蜂 means “bee, wasp, hornet”

はち · hachi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はち

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

An insect (虫) with 夆, the part that gives 峰 its peak: a bug with a sharp point. 蜂蜜 is honey, 蜜蜂 are honeybees, and 雀蜂, Japan's giant hornets, top every autumn hiking warning. A swarm rising at once is 蜂起, an uprising.

Used in 蜂 (hachi, bee/wasp), 蜂蜜 (hachimitsu, honey), and 蜂起 (houki, uprising)

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