# 螟

| 螟 | U+879F, &#34719; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879F |
| ← 螞 [U+879E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螠 → [U+87A0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月日金 (LIBAC), four-corner 5718$_0$, composition ⿰虫冥)
* kind of caterpillar, larva

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33429
* Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 13
* Unihan data for U+879F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瞑 | *meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ |
| 嫇 | *mreːŋ, *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ |
| 慏 | *meŋʔ |
| 冥 | *meːŋ |
| 榠 | *meːŋ |
| 鄍 | *meːŋ |
| 溟 | *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ |
| 螟 | *meːŋ |
| 猽 | *meːŋ |
| 蓂 | *meːŋ, *meːɡ |
| 覭 | *meːŋ, *meːɡ |
| 暝 | *meːŋ, *meːŋs |
| 幎 | *meːɡ |
| 幂 | *meːɡ |
| 塓 | *meːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míng (ming$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: míng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: míng
*** Wade–Giles: ming$^2$
*** Yale: míng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
*** Palladius: мин (min)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^4$
*** Yale: mìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ming$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
*** Tâi-lô: bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: meng
Rime :
| Character | 螟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 莫經切 |
| Baxter | meng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /meŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /meŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /meŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /mieŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | míng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ming$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9201 |
| Phonetic component | 冥 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 冥 |
| Old Chinese | /*meːŋ/ |

### Definitions

螟
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#### Compounds

* 三化螟蟲／三化螟虫
* 二化螟
* 玉米螟 (yùmimíng)
* 螟害
* 螟蛉 (mínglíng)
* 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ)
* 螟蛾 (míng'é)
* 螟螣
* 螟蟲／螟虫
* 蟭螟

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “螟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 159.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: めい (mei)
* On: べい (bei)
* Kun: ずいむし (zuimushi)

## Korean
### Hanja

螟 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

螟 (minh)