蚋

蚋 U+868B, 蚋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868B ← 蚊 [U+868A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚌 → [U+868C]

Translingual

Han character

蚋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人月 (LIOB), four-corner 5412₇, composition ⿰虫内)

1. gnat, mosquito

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32850
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2838, character 14
• Unihan data for U+868B

Chinese

trad.		蚋
simp. #		蚋

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴
    • Yale: rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²²/

Definitions

蚋

1. black fly (small biting fly in family Simuliidae)

Compounds

• 蚊蚋

 

Japanese

蚋 (buyu, buyo, buto)

Kanji

蚋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blackfly

Readings

• Go-on: ね (ne); ねい (nei)
• Kan-on: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: か (ka); ぶよ (buyo, 蚋); ぶゆ (buyu, 蚋); ぶと (buto, 蚋)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蚋
ぶゆ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶ​ゆ [búꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蚋(ぶゆ) or 蚋(ブユ) • (buyu)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

Usage notes

The standard Japanese name.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブユ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蚋
ぶよ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶ​よ [búꜜyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝjo̞]

Noun

蚋(ぶよ) or 蚋(ブヨ) • (buyo)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)
   • 1920, 島崎藤村, ふるさと‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     蚋(ぶよ)は人(ひと)をも馬(うま)をも刺(さ)します。あの長(なが)くて丈夫(ぢやうぶ)な馬(うま)の尻尾(しつぽ)の房々(ふさ／＼)とした毛(け)は、蚋(ぶよ)を追(お)ひ拂(はら)ふのに役(やく)に立(た)つのです。

     Buyo wa hito o mo uma o mo sashimasu. Ano nagakute jōbu na uma no shippo no fusafusa to shita ke wa, buyo o oiharau no ni yaku ni tatsu no desu.

     Blackflies bite both people and horses. The long, strong, and bushy hair on horses’ tails is helpful in driving away blackflies.

Usage notes

Used in eastern Japan.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブヨ.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蚋
ぶと Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶ​と [búꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

蚋(ぶと) or 蚋(ブト) • (buto)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

Usage notes

Used in western Japan.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブト.

Korean

Hanja

蚋 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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