# 蝥

| 蝥 | U+8765, &#34661; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8765 |
| ← 蝤 [U+8764] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝦 → [U+8766] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝥 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓大中一戈 (NKLMI), four-corner 1813$_6$, composition ⿱敄虫)
* Chinese blister beetle (Mylabris phalerata)
* a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

#### Derived characters

* 𧒚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33294
* Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8765

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 堥 | *muː, *mu |
| 蓩 | *muːʔ, *moːɡ |
| 猱 | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us |
| 茅 | *mruː |
| 罞 | *mruː, *muːŋ |
| 蝥 | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs |
| 鶜 | *mruː |
| 瞀 | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ |
| 愗 | *moːɡs |
| 袤 | *mus |
| 雺 | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs |
| 懋 | *mus |
| 楙 | *mus |
| 矛 | *mu |
| 蟊 | *mu |
| 髳 | *mu, *muːŋ |
| 鍪 | *mu |
| 鞪 | *mu, *moːɡ |
| 糅 | *ml'us |
| 腬 | *ml'us, *mlju |
| 柔 | *mlju |
| 揉 | *mju |
| 蹂 | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 鍒 | *mju |
| 騥 | *mju |
| 蝚 | *mju |
| 葇 | *mju, *mjuʔ |
| 鞣 | *mju, *mjus |
| 鰇 | *mju |
| 瑈 | *mju |
| 鶔 | *mju |
| 楺 | *mjuʔ |
| 煣 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 輮 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 韖 | *mjuʔ |
| 敄 | *moʔ, *mos |
| 務 | *moɡs |
| 鶩 | *moɡs, *moːɡ |
| 騖 | *moɡs |
| 婺 | *moɡs |
| 霚 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 嵍 | *moɡs |
| 霧 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 霿 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
| 楘 | *moːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs) : phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 虫 (“insect”)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máo, móu (mao$^2$, mou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ, ㄇㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^4$ / mau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: móu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: móu
*** Wade–Giles: mou$^2$
*** Yale: móu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
*** Palladius: моу (mou)
*** Sinological IPA : /moʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^4$ / mau$^4$
*** Yale: màauh / màuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^4$ / mau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^4$ / meo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯²¹/, /mɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: maew, mjuw
Rime :
| Character | 蝥 | 蝥 |
| Reading # | 2/4 | 3/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 莫交切 | 莫浮切 |
| Baxter | maew | mjuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠau/ | /mɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚau/ | /miu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mau/ | /miəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨw/ | /muw/ |
| Li Rong | /mau/ | /miu/ |
| Wang Li | /mau/ | /mĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mau/ | /mi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | máo | móu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maau$^4$ | mau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mruː/, /*mu/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝥 | 蝥 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| No. | 8805 | 8821 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 | 矛 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 茅 | 謀 |
| Old Chinese | /*mruː/ | /*mu/ |
| Notes | | 說文同蟊 |

#### Definitions

蝥
* Used in 螌蝥 and 斑蝥 (bānmáo).
* Alternative form of 蟊 (“insect that eats the roots of seedlings”)
* Used in 蝥弧 (máohú).

#### Compounds

* 斑蝥 (bānmáo)
* 班蝥 (bānmáo)
* 蝥弧 (máohú)
* 蝤蝥
* 蝥賊／蝥贼
* 螌蝥 (bānmáo)
* 鰍蝥／鳅蝥

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wú, wù, máo (wu$^2$, wu$^4$, mao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ, ㄨˋ, ㄇㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wú
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wú
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$
*** Yale: wú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: mju, mjuH
Rime :
| Character | 蝥 | 蝥 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 武夫切 | 亡遇切 |
| Baxter | mju | mjuH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨo/ | /mɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mio/ | /mio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mio/ | /mio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muə̆/ | /muə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mio/ | /mio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭu/ | /mĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯u/ | /mi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wú | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^4$ | mou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mo/, /*moɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝥 | 蝥 |
| Reading # | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 8847 | 8854 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 | 矛 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 竇 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 無 | 務 |
| Old Chinese | /*mo/ | /*moɡs/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 | |

#### Definitions

蝥
* Used in 蛛蝥 (zhūwú) and 蝃蝥 (zhuōwú).
* Used in 蝥網／蝥网.

### References

* “蝥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* fly which is used similarly to cantharides

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)、みょう (myō)、ぶ (bu)

## Korean
### Hanja

蝥 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
* cantharides