# 蟊

| 蟊 | U+87CA, &#34762; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87CA |
| ← 蟉 [U+87C9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟋 → [U+87CB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹中戈戈 (NHLII), four-corner 1713$_6$, composition ⿱矛䖵)
* a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33549
* Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2888, character 13
* Unihan data for U+87CA

## 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 |

### 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: mjuw
Rime :
| Character | 蟊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 莫浮切 |
| Baxter | mjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muw/ |
| Li Rong | /miu/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | móu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mu/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8815 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 謀 |
| Old Chinese | /*mu/ |

#### Definitions

蟊
* insect that eats the roots of seedlings

#### Compounds

* 斑蟊
* 螌蟊 (bānmáo)
* 蟊蜮
* 蟊螟
* 蟊賊／蟊贼
* 蠿蟊

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méng (meng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^2$
*** Yale: méng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ³⁵/

#### Definitions

蟊
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
* Kun: ねきりむし (nekirimushi)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟊 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
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