蝥

See also: 蟊

蝥 U+8765, 蝥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8765 ← 蝤 [U+8764] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝦 → [U+8766]

Translingual

Han character

蝥 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓大中一戈 (NKLMI), four-corner 1813₆, composition ⿱敄虫)

1. Chinese blister beetle (Mylabris phalerata)
2. a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Derived characters

• 𧒚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8765

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝥
alternative forms		蟊 𧎄 𧎻 𧐙 𧒚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs): phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 虫 (“insect”)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo, móu (mao², mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ, ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ / mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ / mau⁴
    • Yale: màauh / màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ / mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ / meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/, /mɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: maew, mjuw

Rime
Character	蝥	蝥
Reading #	2/4	3/4
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫交切	莫浮切
Baxter	maew	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau/	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau/	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/mau/	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw/	/muw/
Li Rong	/mau/	/miu/
Wang Li	/mau/	/mĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mau/	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau4	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mruː/, /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝥	蝥
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	8805	8821
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	茅	謀
Old Chinese	/*mruː/	/*mu/
Notes		說文同蟊

Definitions

蝥

1. used in 螌蝥 and 斑蝥 (bānmáo)
2. alternative form of 蟊 (“insect that eats the roots of seedlings”)
3. used in 蝥弧 (máohú)

Compounds

• 斑蝥 (bānmáo)
• 班蝥 (bānmáo)
• 蝥弧 (máohú)
• 蝤蝥
• 蝥賊 / 蝥贼
• 螌蝥 (bānmáo)
• 鰍蝥 / 鳅蝥

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú, wù, máo (wu², wu⁴, mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ, ㄨˋ, ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mju, mjuH

Rime
Character	蝥	蝥
Reading #	1/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	亡遇切
Baxter	mju	mjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/mɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/mioH/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/mioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/muə̆H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/mioH/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/mĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/mi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mo/, /*moɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝥	蝥
Reading #	3/4	4/4
No.	8847	8854
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	侯	竇
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	務
Old Chinese	/*mo/	/*moɡs/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蝥

1. used in 蛛蝥 (zhūwú) and 蝃蝥 (zhuōwú)
2. used in 蝥網／蝥网

References

• “蝥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蝥

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)、みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}、ぶ (bu)

Korean

Hanja

蝥 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

1. cantharides