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U+87FB, 蟻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FB

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿土戈 (LITGI), four-corner 58153, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33672
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+87FB

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𰲹

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋralʔ) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *ŋrals).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/p/s-rwak.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Meixian:
    • ni1 - vernacular;
    • ngi4 - literary.
Note:
  • hiā/hiǎ - vernacular;
  • gí - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ŋjeX/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
English ant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13049
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋralʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. ant (Classifier: c)
  2. (literary) foam or sediment in wine; lees
  3. (literary) humble; inconsiderable
  4. (literary) black
  5. (literary) in an assembled manner
  6. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ant

Readings

  • Go-on: (gi)
  • Kan-on: (gi)
  • Kun: あり (ari, )ありのこ (arinoko, )

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Unknown. From Old Japanese, but the ultimate derivation remains a mystery. There are potentially interesting similarities to Korean 아리 (ari, leg) and 아래 (arae, “below, beneath”), but evidence is lacking.

Pronunciation

Noun

(あり) or (アリ) (ari

  1. ant
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アリ.
Idioms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ngjeX). Compare modern Cantonese reading ngai5.

Pronunciation

Affix

() (gi

  1. ant
Usage notes
  • This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as the kun'yomi of ari.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
ありのこ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
蟻の子

Compound of (ari, ant) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (ko, child; small thing).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ありのこ) (arinoko

  1. (obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
    • 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古
      Ant. The Japanese reading above is ka; the other reading in Chinese is gi; the Japanese reading for these characters is ari-no-ko.
      [2]
  2. (obsolete) an ant egg or larva
Usage notes
  • The spelling of for ari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as 蟻の子.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

Kikai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あーにー) (ānī

  1. ant

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC ngjeX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅌᅴᆼ〯 (Yale: ngǔy)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 가야미〮 (Yale: kàyàmí) 의〯 (Yale: ǔy)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 개미 (gaemi ui))

  1. hanja form? of (ant)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Northern Amami Ōshima

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Noun

(あみ) (ami

  1. ant

Okinawan

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あい) (ai

  1. ant

Compounds

Okinoerabu

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あに) (ani

  1. ant

Southern Amami Ōshima

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Noun

(あみ) (ami

  1. ant

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nghĩ, nghị

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Yonaguni

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (ari, ant).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あや) (aya

  1. ant