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蛾 - Translingual

Han character

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

蛾 - Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːls
*ŋrals
*ŋral
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
*ŋrals
*hŋral
*hŋral
*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): é (e2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
    • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo4
    • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
    • Jin (Wiktionary): ghe1
    • Min Nan
      • (Hokkien, POJ): / ngô͘ / ia̍h
      • (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo5
    • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑ/
    • Old Chinese
      • (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj/
      • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

    Definitions

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

    Synonyms

    • (moth):
    edit

    Compounds

    • 卷葉蛾卷叶蛾
    • 天蠶蛾天蚕蛾
    • 撲燈蛾扑灯蛾
    • 斜紋夜蛾斜纹夜蛾
    • 月形天蠶蛾月形天蚕蛾 (yuèxíng tiāncán'é)
    • 海蛾魚海蛾鱼
    • 淡掃蛾眉淡扫蛾眉
    • 煙夜蛾烟夜蛾
    • 燈蛾灯蛾
    • 燈蛾撲火灯蛾扑火
    • 畫黛彎蛾画黛弯蛾
    • 皓齒蛾眉皓齿蛾眉
    • 紅粉青蛾红粉青蛾
    • 綠慘雙蛾绿惨双蛾
    • 蛾妝蛾妆
    • 蛾眉皓齒蛾眉皓齿
    • 蛾綠蛾绿 (élǜ)
    • 螢蛾萤蛾
    • 蠶蛾蚕蛾 (cán'é)
    • 雙蛾双蛾
    • 顰蛾眉颦蛾眉
    • 飛蛾飞蛾 (fēi'é)
    • 飛蛾投火飞蛾投火
    • 飛蛾投焰飞蛾投焰
    • 飛蛾撲火飞蛾扑火
    • 飛蛾赴火飞蛾赴火
    • 飛蛾赴焰飞蛾赴焰
    • 飛蛾赴燭飞蛾赴烛

    蛾 - Japanese

    Kanji

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    Readings

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    () (ga) 

    1. a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

    蛾 - Korean

    Hanja

    (a) (hangeul , revised a, McCuneReischauer a, Yale a)

    1. moth

    蛾 - Okinawan

    Kanji

    (hiragana がー, romaji )

    Noun

    (hiragana がー, romaji )

    1. moth

    蛾 - Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: ngài, nga

    Meaning and Definition of 蛾
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