蝗

蝗 U+8757, 蝗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8757 ← 蝖 [U+8756] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝘 → [U+8758]

Translingual

Han character

蝗 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹日土 (LIHAG), four-corner 5611₄, composition ⿰虫皇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2871, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8757

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
狂	*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs): semantic 虫 + phonetic 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуон (huon, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wong⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vong³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fong²

• Northern Min (KCR): huǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Yale: hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: huang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуон (huon, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon
    • MiniDict: waon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang, hwaeng, hwaengH

Rime
Character	蝗	蝗	蝗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	庚 (110)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II	II
Fanqie	胡光切	戸盲切	戸孟切
Baxter	hwang	hwaeng	hwaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦˠwæŋ/	/ɦˠwæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦʷᵚaŋ/	/ɦʷᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuaŋ/	/ɣuaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦwaɨjŋ/	/ɦwaɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/	/ɣuɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣwɐŋ/	/ɣwɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣwɐŋ/	/ɣwɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	hóng	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	wang4	wang6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/, /*ɡʷraːŋ/, /*ɡʷraːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蝗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
English	locust
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝗	蝗	蝗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12708	12753	12755
Phonetic component	王	王	王
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃	橫	蝗
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*ɡʷraːŋ/	/*ɡʷraːŋs/

Definitions

蝗

1. locust
2. (Hong Kong, derogatory) swarms of Mainlander migrants

Compounds

• 土蝗
• 山馬蝗 / 山马蝗
• 蝗災 / 蝗灾 (huángzāi)
• 蝗禍 / 蝗祸 (huánghuò)
• 蝗蝻 (huángnǎn)
• 蝗蟲 / 蝗虫 (huángchóng)
• 蝗蟲過境 / 蝗虫过境
• 螞蝗 / 蚂蝗 (mǎhuáng)
• 螞蝗見血 / 蚂蝗见血
• 螞蝗釘 / 蚂蝗钉
• 飛蝗 / 飞蝗 (fēihuáng)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蝗”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蝗

蝗

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)^{←をう (wou, historical)←わう (wau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: いなご (inago, 蝗)

Noun

Kanji in this term
蝗
いなご Hyōgai
kun'yomi

蝗(いなご) or 蝗(イナゴ) • (inago) 

1. alternative spelling of 稲子 (“locust”) (type of grasshopper)

   蝗(いなご)の神(かみ)

   Inago no Kami

   The Locust God

Korean

Hanja

蝗 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝗: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng

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