蚋

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

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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

(deprecated template usage) 蚋

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

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Japanese

蚋(buyu, buyo, buto)

Kanji

蚋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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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 Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

蚋(ぶゆ) or 蚋(ブユ) • (buyu) 

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蚋
ぶよ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

蚋(ぶよ) or 蚋(ブヨ) • (buyo) 

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蚋
ぶと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

蚋(ぶと) or 蚋(ブト) • (buto) 

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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