蠛蠓

Chinese

		minute flies	grasshopper; midge; sandfly
trad. (蠛蠓)		蠛	蠓
simp. ^#(蠛蠓)		蠛	蠓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mièměng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ mung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mièměng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mièměng
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-mêng³
  - Yale: myè-měng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehmeeng
  - Palladius: мемэн (memɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ mung⁵
  - Yale: miht múhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ mung⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ mung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² mʊŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: met muwng|muwngX

Rime
Character	蠛	蠓	蠓
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I	I
Fanqie	莫結切	莫紅切	莫孔切
Baxter	met	muwng	muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛt̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛt̚/	/məwŋ/	/məwŋ^X/
Li Rong	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Wang Li	/miet̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miet̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miè	méng	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mit⁶	mung⁴	mung⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːd moːŋ|moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠛	蠓	蠓
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	9119	8979	8981
Phonetic component	蔑	冡	冡
Rime group	月	東	東
Rime subdivision	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蔑	蒙	蠓
Old Chinese	/*meːd/	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋʔ/

Noun

蠛蠓

(literary) midge

Synonyms

(Sichuan) 墨蚊, 墨蚊子, 墨墨蚊兒／墨墨蚊儿, 蠛蚊, 蠛蠛蚊兒／蠛蠛蚊儿
(Hokkien) 胡衰仔, 烏衰仔／乌衰仔, 烏蠓仔／乌蠓仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠛	蠓
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
irregular

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ma̠kɯ̟na̠ɡʲi]

Noun

蠛蠓(まくなぎ) • (makunagi)

a kind of biting midge

Synonyms

(a kind of biting midge): 目纏(めまと)い (mematoi)

Hypernyms

糠蚊(ぬかか) (nukaka)