螟

螟	U+879F, 螟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879F

← 螞
[U+879E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螠 →
[U+87A0]

Translingual

Han character

螟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月日金 (LIBAC), four-corner 5718₀, composition ⿰虫冥)

kind of caterpillar, larva

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 41
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33429
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 13
Unihan data for U+879F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螟
2nd round simp.		⿰虫名

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冥) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瞑	meːn, meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	mreːŋ, meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	meːŋ, meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	meːŋ, meːɡ
覭	meːŋ, meːɡ
暝	meːŋ, meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴
  - Yale: mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: meng

Rime
Character	螟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫經切
Baxter	meng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螟
Reading #	1/1
No.	9201
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/

Definitions

螟

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Compounds

三化螟蟲 / 三化螟虫
二化螟
玉米螟 (yùmimíng)
螟害
螟蛉 (mínglíng)
螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ)
螟蛾 (míng'é)
螟螣
螟蟲 / 螟虫
蟭螟

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “螟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 159.

Japanese

Kanji

螟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)
Kan-on: めい (mei)
On: べい (bei)
Kun: ずいむし (zuimushi)

Korean

Hanja

螟 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

螟 (minh)