蜂
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 夆 – a kind of insect.
Han character [edit]
蜂 (radical 142 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹水十 (LIHEJ), four-corner 57154)
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 1084, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33088
- Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2857, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8702
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
蜂 (Yale fung1)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
蜂
Readings [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Japanese. Possibly cognate with Korean 벌 (beol, “bee, wasp, hornet”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
See also [edit]
- 蜜蜂 (みつばち, mitsubachi): a honeybee
- 雀蜂, 胡蜂 (すずめばち, suzumebachi): a wasp, a yellow jacket
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
蜂
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 봉 (revised: bong, McCune-Reischauer: pong, Yale: pong)
- Name (hangeul): 벌 (revised: beol, McCune-Reischauer: pŏl, Yale: pel)
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
蜂 (pinyin fēng (feng1), Wade-Giles feng1)
