蜂

蜂 U+8702, 蜂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8702
← 蜁
[U+8701]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蜃 →
[U+8703]

Translingual

Han character

蜂 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹水十 (LIHEJ), four-corner 57154, composition ⿰虫夆)

Derived characters

  • 𦾌

References

  • KangXi: page 1084, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33088
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2857, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8702

Chinese

simp. and trad.
蜂
2nd round simp. 夆
alternative forms 蠭/䗬

Glyph origin

Simplified from 蠭. Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 夆 (OC *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds) – a kind of insect.

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan བུང་བ (bung ba, “bee”) (Schuessler, 2007). STEDT lists 蜂 as a Chinese comparandum under its Proto-Sino-Tibetan root *pljum (“bee, wasp”).

May be ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔu(ə)ŋ ~ hu(ə)ŋ (“bee, wasp, hornet”), whence Vietnamese ong (“bee”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • phang - vernacular;
  • hong - literary.

Rime
Character 蜂 蜂
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 薄紅切 敷容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buŋ/ /pʰɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bəwŋ/ /pʰuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Wang
Li
/buŋ/ /pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱuŋ/ /pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péng fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pung4 fung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蜂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰ(r)oŋ/
English bee

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 蜂 蜂
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3214 3226
Phonetic
component
丰 丰
Rime
group
東 東
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
蓬 峯
Old
Chinese
/*boːŋ/ /*pʰoŋ/
Notes 同蠭

Definitions

蜂

  1. Apoidea or Vespa (wasps, bees and hornets)
    蜜蜂  ―  mìfēng  ―  bee; honeybee
    黃蜂/黄蜂  ―  huángfēng  ―  wasp
  2. (specifically) honey bee
    蜂蜜  ―  fēngmì  ―  honey
  3. swarm

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɤŋꟲ (“bee; beeswax”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

蜂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bee, wasp, hornet

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

蜂 (hachi): a bee collecting pollen.
Kanji in this term
蜂
はち
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/pati/ → /fati/ → /fat͡ɕi/ → /hat͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese.[1] First cited to the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] Compare Korean 벌 (beol, “bee, wasp, hornet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蜂(はち) • (hachi) 

  1. [from 712] a bee, a wasp, a hornet or the like

Derived terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蜂 (MC pʰɨoŋ).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448포ᇰ (Yale: phwòng)
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527벌〯 (Yale: pěl)보ᇰ (Yale: pwòng)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 蜂, eumhun 벌 봉 (beol bong)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉 (“bee”). [affix]

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

蜂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bee; wasp; hornet

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蜂
はちゃー
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese 蜂 (hachi, “bee”).

Noun

蜂 (hiragana はちゃー, rōmaji hachā)

  1. bee; wasp; hornet

References

Vietnamese

Han character

蜂: Hán Việt readings: phong
蜂: Nôm readings: ong

  1. Nôm form of ong (“honey”).
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