蛾

蛾

See also: 䖸

蛾 U+86FE, 蛾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FE ← 蛽 [U+86FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛿 → [U+86FF]

Translingual

Han character

蛾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹手戈 (LIHQI), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫我)

References

• KangXi: page 1083, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33082
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 6
• Unihan data for U+86FE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
• Jin (Wiktionary): ghe¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘ / ia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Wade–Giles: o²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghe¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣɤ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
    • Tâi-lô: gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iah
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/

Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɑ/

Rime
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	é
Middle Chinese	‹ nga ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaj/
English	silkworm moth [Bombyx]
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	蛾
Reading #	1/2
No.	13036
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/
Notes	見荀子，說文下從二蟲

Definitions

蛾

1. moth (insect of the order Lepidoptera)
2. Short for 蛾眉 (éméi).
3. a surname

Synonyms

• (moth):

edit

白翼仔 (Hakka) 蛾仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

蛾子 (ézi) 蝶仔 (Hokkien)

撲棱蛾子／扑棱蛾子 (pūlēng'ézi) (Northern China, dialectal Mandarin) 飛蛾／飞蛾 (fēi'é)

Compounds

夜蛾 (yè'é) 天蛾 尺蠖蛾 巴蛾 自然蛾眉 蛾子 (ézi) 蛾眉 (éméi) 蛾眉月 (éméiyuè) 蛾眉班 蛾眉螓首 蛾眉豆 螓首蛾眉 螟蛾 (míng'é) 衣蛾 黛蛾

卷葉蛾／卷叶蛾 天蠶蛾／天蚕蛾 撲燈蛾／扑灯蛾 斜紋夜蛾／斜纹夜蛾 月形天蠶蛾／月形天蚕蛾 (yuèxíng tiāncán'é) 海蛾魚／海蛾鱼 淡掃蛾眉／淡扫蛾眉 煙夜蛾／烟夜蛾 燈蛾／灯蛾 燈蛾撲火／灯蛾扑火 畫黛彎蛾／画黛弯蛾 皓齒蛾眉／皓齿蛾眉 紅粉青蛾／红粉青蛾 綠慘雙蛾／绿惨双蛾

蛾妝／蛾妆 蛾眉皓齒／蛾眉皓齿 蛾綠／蛾绿 (élǜ) 螢蛾／萤蛾 蠶蛾／蚕蛾 (cán'é) 雙蛾／双蛾 顰蛾眉／颦蛾眉 飛蛾／飞蛾 (fēi'é) 飛蛾投火／飞蛾投火 飛蛾投焰／飞蛾投焰 飛蛾撲火／飞蛾扑火 飛蛾赴火／飞蛾赴火 飛蛾赴焰／飞蛾赴焰 飛蛾赴燭／飞蛾赴烛

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛾 – see 蟻 (“ant; foam or sediment in wine; etc.”). (This character, 蛾, is a variant form of 蟻.)

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Japanese

Kanji

蛾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛾
が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蛾 (nga).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) が [gà] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

• Homophone: 我

Noun

蛾(が) • (ga) 

1. a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

See also

• 蝙蝠(こうもり)蛾(が) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”)
• 蝶(ちょう) (chō)
• 毛(け)虫(むし) (kemushi)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

蛾 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. moth

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Okinawan

Kanji

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蛾 (ga).

Noun

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

1. moth

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛾: Hán Nôm readings: ngài, nga

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