蛾

See also: 䖸
蛾 U+86FE, 蛾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FE
← 蛽
[U+86FD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛿 →
[U+86FF]

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)

References
  • KangXi: page 1083, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33082
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+86FE

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 蛾

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

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

Pronunciation

Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.
Rime
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
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋa/
Li
Rong		 /ŋɑ/
Wang
Li		 /ŋɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ngo4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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)
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

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

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

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛾 – see 蟻 (“ant; foam or sediment in wine; etc.”).
(This character, 蛾, is a variant form of 蟻.)

Japanese

Kanji
蛾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings
  • Go-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)
  • Kan-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
蛾
が
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蛾 (nga).

Pronunciation

Noun

蛾(が) • (ga) 

  1. a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth 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

Hanja

蛾 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

  1. moth

Okinawan

Kanji

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蛾 (ga).

Noun

蛾 (hiragana がー, romaji gā)

  1. moth

Vietnamese

Han character

蛾: Hán Nôm readings: ngài, nga

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