蛾

Translingual

Han character

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

1. moth

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		蛾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é, yǐ (e², yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ, ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵, ngo⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gô / ngô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: o²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: i³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵, ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngáih, ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵, ngo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/, /ŋɔː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gô / ngô͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /gə²³/, /ŋɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gə¹³/, /ŋɔ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (蛾, reconstructed)
Character (蛾), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 歌 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五何切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɑ/	/ŋɑ/	/ŋɑ/	/ŋɑ/	/ŋa/	/ŋɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Character (蛾), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 魚倚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋiᴇX/	/ŋie̯X/	/ŋieX/	/ŋiɛX/	/ŋiə̆X/	/ŋǐeX/	/ŋjɛX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (蛾, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
蛾								é								‹ nga ›								/*ŋˤaj/								silkworm moth [Bombyx]
蛾								yǐ								‹ ngjeX ›								/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/								ant
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
蛾					13036					我					歌					1					莪					/*ŋaːl/					見荀子，說文下從二蟲
蛾					13050					我					歌					1					螘					/*ŋralʔ/					同蟻見墨子

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Japanese

Kanji

蛾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: が (ga), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: が (ga)

Noun

蛾 (hiragana が, romaji ga)

1. a moth

See also

• 蝶々 (ちょうちょう) (chōchō)
• 蝶 (ちょう) (chō)
• 毛虫 (けむし) (kemushi)

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Korean

Hanja

蛾 (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. {나방) moth, compare butterfly (나비, nabi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛾 (ngài, nga)