蟎

See also: 螨

Translingual

Han character

蟎 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿中月 (LITLB), composition ⿰虫㒼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1096, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33570
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2883, character 6
• Unihan data for U+87CE

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Chinese

trad.		蟎
simp.		螨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎn, mán (man³, man²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˇ, ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎn
    • Wade–Giles: man³
    • Yale: mǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maan
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mán
    • Wade–Giles: man²
    • Yale: mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mun⁵
    • Yale: múhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟎

1. mite

   虎蠕形蟎／虎蠕形螨  ―  hǔrúxíngmǎn  ―  Demodex tigris

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12447
• Master Ideographs Seeker for CNS 11643 Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643 中文標準交換碼全字庫)

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Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

蟎

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Kun: だに (dani, 蟎)

Noun

蟎(だに) • (dani) 

1. Alternative spelling of 壁蝨: a tick, a mite (parasite)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ダニ. More commonly spelled 壁蝨 in kanji. See those entries for more detail.

This character is very rare in Japanese.