蝱

蝱

蝱 U+8771, 蝱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8771 ← 蝰 [U+8770] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝲 → [U+8772]

Translingual

Han character

蝱 (radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜女中戈戈 (YVLII), composition ⿱亡䖵)

1. horsefly, gadfly

References

• KangXi: page 1091, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33318
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2873, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8771

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝱 – see 虻 (“horsefly, gadfly”). (This character, 蝱, is a variant form of 虻.)

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Japanese

Kanji

蝱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): もう (mō); みょう (myō); ぶう (bū)
• Kun: あぶ (abu, 蝱)

Noun

Kanji in this term
蝱
あぶ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

蝱 (hiragana あぶ, katakana アブ, rōmaji abu)

1. Alternative spelling of 虻 (“horsefly”)