蝥

See also: 蟊

蝥	U+8765, 蝥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8765

← 蝤
[U+8764]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝦 →
[U+8766]

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

𧒚

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		蝥
alternative forms		蟊𧎄𧎻𧐙𧒚

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs) : phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 虫 (“insect”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máo, móu, wú, wù (mao², mou², wu², wu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ, ㄇㄡˊ, ㄨˊ, ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴, mau⁴

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/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wú
  - Wade–Giles: wu²
  - Yale: wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wù
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴
  - Yale: wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴, mau⁴
  - Yale: màauh, màuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴, mau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴, meo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/, /mɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /mɨo/, /mˠau/, /mɨu/, /mɨo^H/

Rime
Character	蝥	蝥	蝥	蝥
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	肴 (90)	尤 (136)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	莫交切	莫浮切	亡遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/mˠau/	/mɨu/	/mɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/mᵚau/	/miu/	/mio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/mau/	/miəu/	/mio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/maɨw/	/muw/	/muə̆^H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/mau/	/miu/	/mio^H/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/mau/	/mĭəu/	/mĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/mau/	/mi̯ə̯u/	/mi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	máo	móu	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	maau⁴	mau⁴	mou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mruː/, /*mu/, /*mo/, /*moɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝥	蝥	蝥	蝥
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	8805	8821	8847	8854
Phonetic component	矛	矛	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽	侯	竇
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	茅	謀	無	務
Old Chinese	/*mruː/	/*mu/	/*mo/	/*moɡs/
Notes		說文同蟊	見爾雅

Definitions

蝥

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Compounds

斑蝥 (bānmáo)
蛛蝥

蝃蝥
蝥弧 (máohú)

螌蝥
蝥賊／蝥贼

References

“蝥”, 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

蝥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Readings

On (unclassified): ぼう (bō); む (mu); みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}; ぶ (bu)

Korean

Hanja

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

cantharides