蝿

See also: 蠅

Translingual

Han character

蝿 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田中山 (LIWLU))

1. flies

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1092, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2869, character 15
• Unihan data for U+877F

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝿 – see 蠅 (“fly; housefly”). (This character is a variant form of 蠅).

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Japanese

Kanji

蝿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠅)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: はえ (hae, 蝿)^{←はへ (fafe, 蝿, historical)}

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
蝿
はえ > はい Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative spelling
蠅 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
蝿
はえ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
蠅 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(alternative reading hiragana はい, rōmaji hai, historical hiragana はひ, historical katakana ハヒ)

1. a fly (insect of the family Muscidae)
   • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “チェンジ [Change]”, in (deprecated template usage) SHORT PROGRAM(ショート・プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 160:

     ビールにハエは入(はい)ってませんでしたか？

     Bīru ni hae wa haittemasen deshita ka?

     There weren’t any flies in the beer, were there, sir?

     あ、はい。

     A, hai.

     Uh, no.