蟥

Translingual

Han character

蟥 (radical 142 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿中金 (LITLC), four-corner 5418₆)

1. leech

References

• KangXi: page 1097, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33600
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2883, character 5
• Unihan data for U+87E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蟥 (Yale wong4)

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Korean

Hanja

蟥 (hangeul 황, revised hwang)

1. (말거머리) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Synonyms

螞 (마, ma) 蟥 (황, hwang)

螞蟥 (마황, mahwang) 馬蛭 (마질, majil) lit. horse leech

Compounds

• 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang) horse-leech

Related terms

• 蛭 (질, jil) common leech

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蟥 (pinyin huáng (huang2), Wade-Giles huang²)

Compounds

• 蚂蟥 (mǎhuáng)