蚊
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
蚊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜大 (LIYK), four-corner 50140, composition ⿰虫文)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1077, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32849
- Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 8
- Unihan data for U+868A
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯn): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).
Etymology 1[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | ||
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs with a nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Khmer មូស (muuh), Vietnamese muỗi.
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蚊
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Etymology 2[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 文 緡／缗 | |
From 文 (man4, “classifier for copper coins”).
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蚊
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Etymology 3[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
蚊 | |
|---|---|---|
Cognate to Taishanese (and other Siyi dialects) 民 (min2), as in 細民仔／细民仔.
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may come from the same etymon that gives 便 (OC *ben) as in 便嬖 (OC *ben peːɡs), which he relates to Proto-Kam-Sui *mpaːn¹ (“male (person)”) and Proto-Hlai *C-maːn (“male (person)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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蚊
- (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- “蚊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蚊 |
| か Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- mosquito
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
- 蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蚊 |
| かあ Grade: S |
| irregular |
Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- 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
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 104)
References[edit]
- Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
蚊 (eum 문 (mun))
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Vietnamese[edit]
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