蚊
See also: 螡
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Translingual
Han character
蚊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜大 (LIYK), four-corner 50140, composition ⿰虫文)
References
- KangXi: page 1077, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32849
- Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 8
- Unihan data for U+868A
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 旻 | *mrɯn |
| 旼 | *mrɯn |
| 汶 | *mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns |
| 忞 | *mrɯn |
| 盿 | *mrɯn |
| 枚 | *mɯːl |
| 玫 | *mɯːl |
| 玟 | *mɯːl |
| 文 | *mɯn |
| 紋 | *mɯn |
| 蚊 | *mɯn |
| 雯 | *mɯn |
| 彣 | *mɯn |
| 馼 | *mɯn |
| 鳼 | *mɯn |
| 鼤 | *mɯn, *mɯns |
| 抆 | *mɯnʔ, *mɯns |
| 紊 | *mɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯn) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. | 蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 蟁 𧓹 𧓢 𧉬 𧊈 蟁 𧓹 𧓢 𧉬 𧊈 鴖 蚉 螡 䘇 𧏎 𨷷 𧖁 | |
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs with a nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Khmer មូស (muuh), Vietnamese muỗi.
Pronunciation
Definitions
蚊
- mosquito (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蚊子 (“mosquito”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 蚊 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蚊子, 蚊 | |
| Taxonomic name | 蚊 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 蚊子 |
| Taiwan | 蚊子 | |
| Harbin | 蚊子 | |
| Shenyang | 蚊子 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 蚊子 | |
| Jinan | 蚊子 | |
| Luoyang | 蚊子 | |
| Wanrong | 蚊子 | |
| Wanrong (Ronghe) | 長腿子 | |
| Zhengzhou | 蚊 | |
| Xi'an | 蚊子 | |
| Yinchuan | 蚊子 | |
| Lanzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Xining | 蚊子 | |
| Ürümqi | 蚊子 | |
| Wuhan | 蚊子 | |
| Chengdu | 蚊子 | |
| Guiyang | 蚊子, 尖嘴蚊 | |
| Kunming | 蚊子 | |
| Guilin | 蚊子 | |
| Pingle | 蚊蟲 | |
| Liuzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Luzhai | 蚊蟲 | |
| Tianlin (Langping) | 嘎公蚊 | |
| Xuzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Yangzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Nanjing | 蚊子 | |
| Hefei | 蚊子 | |
| Malaysia | 蚊子 | |
| Singapore | 蚊子 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蚊子 | |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 蚊子 | |
| Kokang | 蚊子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊 |
| Hong Kong | 蚊 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蚊 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蚊 | |
| Macau | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 | |
| Taishan | 蚊 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 | |
| Dongguan | 蚊 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 | |
| Shaoguan | 蚊仔, 蚊 | |
| Yunfu | 蚊仔 | |
| Yangjiang | 蚊蟲 | |
| Xinyi | 蚊子 | |
| Lianjiang | 蚊子, 蚊 | |
| Nanning | 蚊 | |
| Wuzhou | 蚊 | |
| Yulin | 蚊子 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蚊 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蚊蟲 |
| Lichuan | 蚊仔 | |
| Pingxiang | 蚊子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蚊仔 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蚊 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蚊 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蚊 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蚊家 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 蚊 | |
| Yudu | 蚊子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蚊仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蚊仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蚊仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蚊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蚊仔, 蚊 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蚊 | |
| Hong Kong | 蚊 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蚊子 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 蚊仔 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 蚊 | |
| Singkawang | 蚊 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蚊蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蚊子 |
| Xinzhou | 蚊子, 蠅蚊子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蠓 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 風蚊 |
| Fuqing | 蠓 | |
| Matsu | 風蚊 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 |
| Quanzhou | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 | |
| Zhangzhou | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 | |
| Taipei | 烏司蠓仔, 烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 花蠓, 烏司蠓, 蠓, 躼跤蠓 | |
| Kaohsiung | 烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓 | |
| Yilan | 烏蝛仔, 蠓, 躼跤蠓 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 烏蝛仔蠓, 草蠓, 蠓 | |
| Taichung | 蠓仔 | |
| Tainan | 烏蝛, 蠓仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 蠓仔 | |
| Kinmen | 蠓 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 蠓 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 蠓 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 蠓 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 蠓, 蠓仔 | |
| Longyan | 蠓 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蚊仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 蠓 | |
| Shantou | 蠓 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 蠓 | |
| Jieyang | 蠓 | |
| Haifeng | 蠓 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 蠓 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠓 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 蠓 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 蠓 | |
| Leizhou | 蠓 | |
| Haikou | 蠓 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 蠓 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蠓 |
| Putian (Donghai) | 蠓 | |
| Putian (Jiangkou) | 蠓 | |
| Putian (Nanri) | 蠓 | |
| Xianyou | 蠓 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 蠓 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 蠓 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 蚊 |
| Sanxiang | 蠓 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蚊蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 蚊子 | |
| Suzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Danyang | 蚊子 | |
| Hangzhou | 蚊子 | |
| Ningbo | 蚊蟲 | |
| Wenzhou | 蚊蟲 | |
| Jinhua | 蚊蟲 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜蚊子, 蚊子 |
| Xiangtan | 蚊子 | |
| Loudi | 蚊子 | |
| Shuangfeng | 齧人蚊子, 蚊子 | |
| Quanzhou | 蚊蟲 | |
Compounds
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Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. | 蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 文 緡／缗 | |
From 文 (man4, “classifier for copper coins”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
蚊
- (Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
- 兩百蚊／两百蚊 [Cantonese] ― loeng5 baak3 man4-1 [Jyutping] ― two hundred bucks
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓, 元 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 塊 |
| Taiwan | 塊 | |
| Harbin | 塊 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 塊 | |
| Jinan | 塊 | |
| Luoyang | 塊 | |
| Wanrong | 塊 | |
| Xi'an | 塊 | |
| Yinchuan | 塊 | |
| Lanzhou | 塊 | |
| Xining | 塊 | |
| Ürümqi | 塊 | |
| Wuhan | 塊 | |
| Chengdu | 塊 | |
| Guiyang | 塊 | |
| Guilin | 塊 | |
| Liuzhou | 塊 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 塊 | |
| Shanglin (Sanli) | 塊 | |
| Xuzhou | 塊 | |
| Yangzhou | 塊 | |
| Nanjing | 塊 | |
| Hefei | 塊 | |
| Malaysia | 塊 | |
| Singapore | 塊 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀 |
| Hong Kong | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蚊 | |
| Macau | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 文 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊雞 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊雞 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 蚊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 | |
| Taishan | 蚊 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 | |
| Dongguan | 蚊, 蚊雞 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 | |
| Qingyuan | 蚊 | |
| Fogang | 蚊 | |
| Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊 | |
| Yangshan | 蚊 | |
| Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊 | |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 蚊 | |
| Shaoguan | 蚊 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 | |
| Renhua | 蚊雞 | |
| Lechang | 蚊 | |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊 | |
| Sihui | 蚊雞 | |
| Deqing | 蚊 | |
| Huaiji | 蚊 | |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊 | |
| Yunfu | 蚊 | |
| Xinxing | 蚊 | |
| Luoding | 蚊 | |
| Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊 | |
| Yangjiang | 蚊, 個 | |
| Lianjiang | 蚊 | |
| Nanning | 蚊 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 | |
| Qinzhou | 蚊 | |
| Beihai | 蚊 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 箍, 蚊 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊, 箍 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 | |
| Móng Cái | 蚊 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塊 |
| Lichuan | 塊 | |
| Pingxiang | 塊 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塊 |
| Yudu | 塊 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 個 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 個 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 個 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 個 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 個 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銀, 箍 | |
| Hong Kong | 塊, 蚊 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 箍 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 箍 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 箍 | |
| Singkawang | 盾 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 塊 |
| Xinzhou | 塊 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 塊 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 塊 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 塊 |
| Fuqing | 塊 | |
| Matsu | 塊 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 箍 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 箍 | |
| Quanzhou | 箍 | |
| Shishi | 箍 | |
| Zhangzhou | 箍 | |
| Zhao'an | 箍 | |
| Dongshan | 箍 | |
| Taipei | 箍 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 箍 | |
| Kaohsiung | 箍 | |
| Yilan | 箍 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 箍 | |
| Taichung | 箍 | |
| Tainan | 箍 | |
| Hsinchu | 箍 | |
| Kinmen | 箍 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 箍 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 箍 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 箍 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 箍 | |
| Chaozhou | 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀 | |
| Shantou | 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 銀 | |
| Jieyang | 個, 個銀 | |
| Haifeng | 個銀 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 箍 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 箍, 個銀 | |
| Leizhou | 個 | |
| Wenchang | 銀, 個 | |
| Haikou | 個銀, 銀 | |
| Qionghai | 銀 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 箍 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 個 |
| Xianyou | 個 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 蚊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 塊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塊 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 塊 | |
| Suzhou | 塊 | |
| Danyang | 塊 | |
| Hangzhou | 塊 | |
| Wenzhou | 個 | |
| Jinhua | 塊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塊 |
| Loudi | 塊 | |
| Shuangfeng | 塊 | |
| Quanzhou | 塊 | |
Compounds
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Etymology 3
| simp. and trad. | 蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
Cognate to Taishanese (and other Siyi dialects) 民 (min2), as in 細民仔／细民仔.
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may come from the same etymon that gives 便 (OC *ben) as in 便嬖 (OC *ben peːɡs), which he relates to Proto-Kam-Sui *mpaːn¹ (“male (person)”) and Proto-Hlai *C-maːn (“male (person)”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
蚊
- (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.
Compounds
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References
- “蚊”, 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
蚊
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- mosquito
Readings
- Go-on: もん (mon)
- Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
- Kun: か (ka, 蚊, Jōyō)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蚊 |
| か Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ka̠]
Audio (file)
Noun
蚊 • (ka)
- mosquito
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
- 蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蚊 |
| かあ Grade: S |
| irregular |
Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- IPA(key): [ka̠ː]
Noun
蚊 • (kā)
- mosquito
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 104)
- 蚊蝄䖟蜺 [...] 上二字加安下二字阿牟
- 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 3 (back))
- 蚊 加阿
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 104)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.
Korean
Hanja
蚊 (eum 문 (mun))
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Vietnamese
Han character
蚊: Hán Nôm readings: văn, mân
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References
- Nom Foundation