蛾

See also: 䖸

Translingual

Han character

蛾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹手戈 (LIHQI), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫我)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33082
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 6
• Unihan data for U+86FE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛾

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘ / ia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Wade–Giles: o²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
    • Tâi-lô: gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iah
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/

Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nga

Rime
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五何切
Baxter	nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	é
Middle Chinese	‹ nga ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaj/
English	silkworm moth [Bombyx]
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
No.	13036
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/
Notes	見荀子，說文下從二蟲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蛾

1. moth
2. Short for 蛾眉 (éméi).
3. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛾 – see 蟻 (“ant; foam or sediment in wine; lees; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蟻).

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Japanese

Kanji

蛾

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛾
が Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 蛾 (nga)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: 我

Noun

蛾(が) or 蛾(ガ) • (ga) 

1. a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

See also

• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蛾(ガ) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”)
• 蝶(チョウ) (chō)
• 毛(ケ)虫(ムシ) (kemushi)

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Korean

Hanja

蛾 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. moth

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蛾 (ga).

Kanji

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

Noun

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

1. moth

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蛾 (ngài, nga)

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