蟊

See also: 蝥

蟊 U+87CA, 蟊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87CA ← 蟉 [U+87C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟋 → [U+87CB]

Translingual

Han character

蟊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹中戈戈 (NHLII), four-corner 1713₆, composition ⿱矛䖵)

1. a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33549
• Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 13
• Unihan data for U+87CA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟊
alternative forms		蝥 蛑 䖥 𧐘 𧓿 蝥 蛑 䖥 𧐘 𧓿 𧕑 𧔨

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

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: mjuw

Rime
Character	蟊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫浮切
Baxter	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/
Li Rong	/miu/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟊
Reading #	1/1
No.	8815
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	謀
Old Chinese	/*mu/

Definitions

蟊

1. insect that eats the roots of seedlings

Compounds

• 斑蟊
• 螌蟊 (bānmáo)
• 蟊蜮
• 蟊螟
• 蟊賊 / 蟊贼
• 蠿蟊

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/

Definitions

蟊

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Japanese

Kanji

蟊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
• Kun: ねきりむし (nekirimushi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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