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蛾

See also: 䖸
蛾 U+86FE, 蛾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FE
← 蛽
[U+86FD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛿 →
[U+86FF]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 蛾
alternative forms 䖸

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngo4
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

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蛾

  1. moth (insect of the order Lepidoptera)
  2. Short for 蛾眉 (éméi).
  3. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (moth):

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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蛾

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology

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 ガ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
蛾
が
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 蛾 (ŋɑ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蛾(が) or 蛾(ガ) • (ga) 

  1. a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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

  1. moth

Okinawan

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Kanji

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蛾

(Hyōgai kanji)

Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese 蛾(が) (ga).

Noun

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蛾(がー) (gā) 

  1. moth

Vietnamese

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Han character

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蛾: Hán Việt readings: nga[1]
蛾: Nôm readings: ngài

  1. Alternative form of 𧍋 (“Nôm form of ngài (“moth”).”)

References

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  1. ^ Hồ (1976).
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