蛾
See also: 䖸
蛾 - 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)
蛾 - Chinese
simp. and trad. | 蛾 |
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
- Jin (Wiktionary): ghe1
- Min Nan
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: é
- Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: é
- Wade–Giles: o2
- Yale: é
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
- Palladius: э (e)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngo4
- Yale: ngòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngo4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngo4
- Sinological IPA : /ŋɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
- Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngo2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ghe1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣɤ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngo5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
- Sinological IPA : /ŋo⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Middle Chinese: /ŋɑ/
Rime | |
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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 |
Reconstructions | |
ZhengzhangShangfang | /ŋɑ/ |
PanWuyun | /ŋɑ/ |
ShaoRongfen | /ŋɑ/ |
EdwinPulleyblank | /ŋa/ |
LiRong | /ŋɑ/ |
WangLi | /ŋɑ/ |
BernardKarlgren | /ŋɑ/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex | é |
Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngo4 |
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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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) | |
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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
蛾
Synonyms
- (moth):
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Compounds
蛾 - Japanese
Kanji
蛾
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Pronunciation
- Homophone: 我
Noun
蛾 • (ga)
- a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)
蛾 - Korean
Hanja
蛾 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)