# 蝗

| 蝗 | U+8757, &#34647; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8757 |
| ← 蝖 [U+8756] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝘 → [U+8758] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝗 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹日土 (LIHAG), four-corner 5611$_4$, composition ⿰虫皇)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33267
* Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2871, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8757

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皇 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 惶 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 遑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 堭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 煌 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 餭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 騜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 艎 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 隍 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 湟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 徨 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 篁 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蝗 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs |
| 凰 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 偟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 媓 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 韹 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 葟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 皝 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 汪 | *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ |
| 尪 | *qʷaːŋ |
| 迋 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 逛 | *kʷaŋʔ |
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs |
| 匡 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 筐 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 框 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 眶 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 誆 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 邼 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 恇 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 劻 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 洭 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 軭 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ |
| 狂 | *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 軖 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 鵟 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 俇 | *ɡʷaŋʔ |
| 王 | *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 蚟 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 彺 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 旺 | *ɢʷaŋs |
| 諻 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 喤 | *qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 瑝 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鍠 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 揘 | *ɡʷaŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huáng (huang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуон (huon, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wong$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fong$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): huǎng
* Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$waon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^2$
*** Yale: hwáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: huang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuong
*** Sinological IPA : /xuaŋ²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуон (huon, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$
*** Yale: wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vɔŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huǎng
*** Sinological IPA : /xuaŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huòng
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
*** Tâi-lô: hông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$waon
*** MiniDict: waon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhuaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɸan¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hwang, hwaeng, hwaengH
Rime :
| Character | 蝗 | 蝗 | 蝗 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 庚 (110) | 庚 (110) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | II | II |
| Fanqie | 胡光切 | 戸盲切 | 戸孟切 |
| Baxter | hwang | hwaeng | hwaengH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɑŋ/ | /ɦˠwæŋ/ | /ɦˠwæŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑŋ/ | /ɦʷᵚaŋ/ | /ɦʷᵚaŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣuaŋ/ | /ɣuaŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaŋ/ | /ɦwaɨjŋ/ | /ɦwaɨjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣuɐŋ/ | /ɣuɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣwɑŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huáng | hóng | hòng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ | wang$^4$ | wang$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/, /*ɡʷraːŋ/, /*ɡʷraːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蝗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ |
| English | locust |
| 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 | 蝗 | 蝗 | 蝗 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 12708 | 12753 | 12755 |
| Phonetic component | 王 | 王 | 王 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黃 | 橫 | 蝗 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷaːŋ/ | /*ɡʷraːŋ/ | /*ɡʷraːŋs/ |

### Definitions

蝗
* locust
* (Hong Kong, derogatory) swarms of Mainlander migrants

### Compounds

* 土蝗
* 山馬蝗／山马蝗
* 蝗災／蝗灾 (huángzāi)
* 蝗禍／蝗祸 (huánghuò)
* 蝗蝻
* 蝗蟲／蝗虫 (huángchóng)
* 蝗蟲過境／蝗虫过境
* 螞蝗／蚂蝗 (mǎhuáng)
* 螞蝗見血／蚂蝗见血
* 螞蝗釘／蚂蝗钉
* 飛蝗／飞蝗 (fēihuáng)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蝗”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: おう (ō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: いなご (inago, 蝗)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 蝗
* いなご Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
蝗(いなご) or 蝗(イナゴ) • (inago)
* Alternative spelling of 稲子 (“locust”) (type of grasshopper)
    蝗(いなご)の神(かみ)
       Inago no Kami
       The Locust God

## Korean
### Hanja

蝗 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蝗: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng
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