蚊

See also 螡

Translingual

Han character

蚊 (radical 142 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜大 (LIYK), four-corner 5014₀, composition ⿰虫文)

1. mosquito
2. gnat

References

• KangXi: page 1077, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32849
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2840, character 8
• Unihan data for U+868A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蚊 (jyutping man1, man4, Yale man1, man4)

1. dollar (Hong Kong or other); yuan
2. mosquito

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka/

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Noun

蚊 (hiragana か, romaji ka)

1. mosquito
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)

     蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaː/

Noun

蚊 (hiragana かあ, romaji kaa)

1. 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

Kanji

蚊 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mosquito

Readings

• On: ぶん (bun)
• Kun: か (ka)

References

• 1978 [794], Kobayashi, Yoshinori, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3088-1:
• 1979 [1079], Tsukishima, Hiroshi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3099-7:

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Korean

Hanja

蚊 (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune-Reischauer mun, Yale mun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蚊 (pinyin wén (wen2), Wade-Giles wen²)

Compounds

• 蚊子 mosquito