蟻
See also: 蚁
Translingual
Han character
蟻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿土戈 (LITGI), four-corner 58153, composition ⿰虫義)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33672
- Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 11
- Unihan data for U+87FB
Chinese
| trad. | 蟻 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蚁 | |
| alternative forms | 螘／𰲹 蛾 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/p/s-rwak.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngie
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 6gni
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
- Wade–Giles: i3
- Yale: yǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
- Palladius: и (i)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ngai5
- Yale: ngáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai5
- Guangdong Romanization: ngei5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie
- Hakka Romanization System: ngie
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngie4
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯e⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- hiā/hiǎ - vernacular;
- gí - literary.
- Middle Chinese: ngjeX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/
Definitions
Synonyms
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
蟻
Readings
Alternative forms
- 螘 (rare)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蟻 |
| ぎ Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蟻 (ngjeX). Compare modern Cantonese reading ngai5.
Pronunciation
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Affix
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Usage notes
This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as the kun'yomi of ari.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蟻群 (gigun): a group of ants
- 蟻径 (gikei): a narrow road or path (from the way that ants tend to travel in single file)
- 蟻穴 (giketsu): an anthill, a hole dug by ants; a very small fault or mistake
- 蟻蚕 (gisan): a silkworm that has just hatched from its egg (from the superficial similarity to an ant)
- 蟻酸 (gisan): formic acid
- 蟻酸塩 (gisan'en): formate
- 蟻集, 蟻聚 (gishū): a large grouping, as of many ants
- 蟻走感 (gisōkan): formication: a feeling as of many bugs crawling on one's skin
- 蟻付 (gifu): a large grouping or gathering of people, much as ants will gather around something sweet
- 蟻封 (gihō): an anthill
- 蟻量 (giryō): “ant-weight”: the weight of a silkworm just after hatching from its egg (see 蟻蚕 above)
- 蟻垤 (gitetsu): an anthill
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蟻 |
| あり Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Unknown. From Old Japanese, but ultimate derivation remains a mystery. There are potentially interesting similarities to Korean 아리 (ari, “leg”) and 아래 (arae, “below, beneath”), but evidence is lacking.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Idioms
Idioms
- 蟻の這い出る隙間もない (ari no haideru sukima mo nai): “not even a crack wide enough for an ant to crawl through” → without a gap, close, tight
- 蟻の熊野参り (ari no Kumano-mairi), 蟻の伊勢参り (ari no Ise-mairi), 蟻の百度参り (ari no hyakudo-mairi), 蟻の堂参り (ari no dō-mairi), 蟻の物参り (ari no mono-mairi): “an ants' pilgrimage to Kumano / Ise / the hundred shrines and temples / the temples / the holy sites” → a metaphor likening ants in single file to a procession of pilgrims; alternately, a metaphor for a large group of people moving in single file
- 蟻の一穴 (ari no ikketsu): “a single ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; compare a stitch in time saves nine
- 蟻の穴から堤も崩れる (ari no ana kara tsutsumi mo kuzureru), 蟻の穴より堤の崩れ (ari no ana yori tsutsumi no kuzure): “even a dike can fall apart due to an ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; compare a stitch in time saves nine
- 蟻の甘きにつく如し (ari no amaki ni tsuku gotoshi): “just like ants drawn to a sweet” → a metaphor for the way that people are drawn to profitable things; compare like a moth to a flame, of nearly opposite meaning
- 蟻の思いも天に届く (ari no omoi mo ten ni todoku), 蟻の思いも天に昇る (ari no omoi mo ten ni noboru): “even an ant's thoughts can reach / rise to the heavens” → no matter how humble or lowly, if one tries hard enough, one's wishes can still be heard by the gods in heaven; compare where there's a will, there's a way
- 蟻の塔を組む如し (ari no tō o kumu gotoshi): “just like building an ant tower [anthill]” → even great deeds can be accomplished through patient work; compare a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蟻の塔 (ari no tō): an “ant tower” → an anthill
- 蟻塚 (arizuka): an anthill
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- 蟻の子 (ari no ko): an ant, particularly one without wings; an ant egg or larva
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蟻 |
| ありのこ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
- (obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:
- 蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古[1]
- (obsolete) an ant egg or larva
Usage notes
The spelling of 蟻 for ari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as 蟻の子.
References
- ^ Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
Kikai
Kanji
蟻
Readings
- Native: あーにー (ānī), あに (ani), あい (ai)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Korean
Hanja
蟻 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
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Northern Amami-Oshima
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Noun
Oki-No-Erabu
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Okinawan
Kanji
蟻
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Compounds
- 蟻子 (あいこー, aikō, “ant”)
Southern Amami-Oshima
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Noun
Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 蟻 (nghĩ, nghị)
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Yonaguni
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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