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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)
- Chinese blister beetle (Mylabris phalerata)
- a fly which is used similarly to cantharides
Derived characters
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 堥
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*muː, *mu
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| 蓩
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*muːʔ, *moːɡ
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| 猱
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*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
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| 茅
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*mruː
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| 罞
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*mruː, *muːŋ
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| 蝥
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*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
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| 鶜
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*mruː
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| 瞀
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*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
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| 愗
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*moːɡs
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| 袤
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*mus
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| 雺
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*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
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| 懋
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*mus
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| 楙
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*mus
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| 矛
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*mu
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| 蟊
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*mu
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| 髳
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*mu, *muːŋ
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| 鍪
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*mu
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| 鞪
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*mu, *moːɡ
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| 糅
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*ml'us
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| 腬
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*ml'us, *mlju
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| 柔
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*mlju
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| 揉
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*mju
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| 蹂
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*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 鍒
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*mju
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| 騥
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*mju
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| 蝚
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*mju
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| 葇
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*mju, *mjuʔ
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| 鞣
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*mju, *mjus
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| 鰇
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*mju
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| 瑈
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*mju
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| 鶔
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*mju
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| 楺
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*mjuʔ
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| 煣
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*mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 輮
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*mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 韖
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*mjuʔ
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| 敄
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*moʔ, *mos
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| 務
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*moɡs
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| 鶩
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*moɡs, *moːɡ
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| 騖
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*moɡs
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| 婺
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*moɡs
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| 霚
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*moɡs, *moːŋ
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| 嵍
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*moɡs
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| 霧
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*moɡs, *moːŋ
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| 霿
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*moːŋ, *moːŋs
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| 楘
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*moːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs) : phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 虫 (“insect”)
Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝥
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蝥
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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| No.
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8805
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8821
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Phonetic
component
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矛
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矛
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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茅
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謀
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Old
Chinese
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/*mruː/
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/*mu/
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| Notes
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說文同蟊
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Definitions
蝥
- Used in 螌蝥 and 斑蝥 (bānmáo).
- Alternative form of 蟊 (“insect that eats the roots of seedlings”)
- Used in 蝥弧 (máohú).
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝥
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蝥
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| Reading #
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
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8847
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8854
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Phonetic
component
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矛
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矛
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Rime
group
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侯
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竇
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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無
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務
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Old
Chinese
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/*mo/
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/*moɡs/
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| Notes
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見爾雅
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Definitions
蝥
- Used in 蛛蝥 (zhūwú) and 蝃蝥 (zhuōwú).
- Used in 蝥網／蝥网.
References
Japanese
Kanji
蝥
(Hyōgai kanji)
- fly which is used similarly to cantharides
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蝥 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
- cantharides