# 蚊

| 蚊 | U+868A, &#34442; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868A |
| ← 蚉 [U+8689] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚋 → [U+868B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜大 (LIYK), four-corner 5014$_0$, composition ⿰虫文)

#### Derived characters

* 𡦉

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32849
* Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 8
* Unihan data for U+868A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 旻 | *mrɯn |
| 旼 | *mrɯn |
| 汶 | *mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns |
| 忞 | *mrɯn |
| 盿 | *mrɯn |
| 枚 | *mɯːl |
| 玫 | *mɯːl |
| 玟 | *mɯːl |
| 文 | *mɯn |
| 紋 | *mɯn |
| 蚊 | *mɯn |
| 雯 | *mɯn |
| 彣 | *mɯn |
| 馼 | *mɯn |
| 鳼 | *mɯn |
| 鼤 | *mɯn, *mɯns |
| 抆 | *mɯnʔ, *mɯns |
| 紊 | *mɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs with a nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Khmer មូស (muuh), Vietnamese muỗi.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wén (wen$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wen$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): man$^{4-1}$ / man$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mun$^{4*}$ / mun$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): un$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mûn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): veng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mǒ̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): muòng / ùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$men
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): men$^1$ / un$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fen$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wén
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wún
*** Wade–Giles: wên$^2$
*** Yale: wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wen
*** Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wən³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wen$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: wen
*** Sinological IPA : /uən²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^{4-1}$ / man$^4$
*** Yale: mān / màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^{4-1}$ / man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^{4-1}$ / men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /mɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mun$^{4*}$ / mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbun²¹⁻²¹⁵/, /ᵐbun²¹/
* mun4* - standalone word;
* mun4 - in compounds.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蚊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uən³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /uən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /vən⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /vẽ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /və̃⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /uən⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /vẽ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /uə̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /vəŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /və̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /vɤŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /uən²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /uən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /uen²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /uə̃³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /un²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /uən⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /uŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /və̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /məŋ²³/ /vəŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /mən¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ven²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /vaŋ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /uʌ̃⁴⁴/ /mʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /man⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /uən¹³/ /mən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /uən¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /un⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /mun⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /mun²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /mɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /mɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /bun³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /muoŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /mɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /buŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /vun³¹/ /maŋ²¹³/ 訓蠓 |
* Middle Chinese: mjun
Rime :
| Character | 蚊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 無分切 |
| Baxter | mjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mun/ |
| Li Rong | /miuən/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | man$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mə[r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蚊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjun › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.mə[r]/ |
| English | mosquito |
| 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 | 蚊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13017 |
| Phonetic component | 文 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 文 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯn/ |
| Notes | 說文俗同蟁 |

#### Definitions

蚊
* mosquito (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蚊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蚊子, 蚊 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蚊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蚊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蚊子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蚊子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 長腿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蚊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 夜蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蚊子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 蚊子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蚊子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蚊子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蚊子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蚊子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 夜蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 床腳蚊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蚊子, 尖嘴蚊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蚊子, 夜蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蚊子, 長腳蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 蚊蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 嘎公蚊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 長腳蚊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 釘人蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蚊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蚊蚤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蚊蚤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蚊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蚊仔, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊仔, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊兒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蚊蟲 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蚊子, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊, 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 蚊仔, 蚊蟲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蚊蟲, 花蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 蚊子, 花蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蚊子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊蟲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊蟲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蚊蟲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蚊蟲 |
| Gan | Pengze | 蚊蟲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蚊仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蚊子 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 蚊哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蚊哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蚊家 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蚊哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蚊哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蚊家 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蚊家 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蚊子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蚊仔, 蚊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蚊子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蚊 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蚊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蚊蟲 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蚊蟲 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 蚊蟲 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 蚊蟲兒, 蚊蟲 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 蚊蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Datong | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蚊子, 蠅蚊子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蠓子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Jining | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蚊子 |
| Jin | Handan | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蚊哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 蠓子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠓 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蠓 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蠓仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蠓 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蠓仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蠓仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 風蚊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 風蚊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蠓 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 風蚊 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蠓 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蚊蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蚊蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蚊蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蠓囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 風蚊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蠓囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蠓仔, 蠓 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蠓, 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蚊仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蠓仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蠓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蠓 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 蠓 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蠓 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 蠓子 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 蚊兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 蜢兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 蚊 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 蚊子 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 蚊仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蚊 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠓 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蚊蟲 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 長腳蚊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蚊子, 蚊蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蚊子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蚊子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蚊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蚊子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蚊蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蚊蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蚊蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜蚊子, 蚊子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 蚊子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蚊子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 齧人蚊子, 蚊子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 蚊子, 虻蟭 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蚊蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 長腳蚊 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 長腳蚊子 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 蚊嘀 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 蚊哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 蚊哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 蚊哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 蚊 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 蚊 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 蚊 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 蚊咯, 蚊得 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 蠓蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 蠓蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 蠓蟲 |

#### Compounds

* 三斑家蚊
* 伊蚊 (yīwén)
* 使蚊負山／使蚊负山
* 家蚊
* 捕蚊燈／捕蚊灯 (bǔwéndēng)
* 搖蚊／摇蚊 (yáowén)
* 放蚊
* 斑蚊
* 病媒蚊
* 瘧媒蚊／疟媒蚊
* 瘧蚊／疟蚊 (nüèwén)
* 聚蚊成雷
* 蚊力 (wénlì)
* 蚊力負山／蚊力负山
* 蚊動牛鬥／蚊动牛斗
* 蚊子 (wénzi, “mosquito”)
* 蚊屋
* 蚊帳／蚊帐 (wénzhàng)
* 蚊怕水
* 蚊睫
* 蚊睫之蟲／蚊睫之虫
* 蚊瞓／蚊𰥛
* 蚊虻之勞／蚊虻之劳
* 蚊蚋
* 蚊螆
* 蚊蠅／蚊蝇
* 蚊負／蚊负
* 蚊雷
* 蚊香 (wénxiāng)
* 蚊髀同牛髀
* 避蚊胺
* 電蚊香／电蚊香 (diànwénxiāng)
* 飛蚊症／飞蚊症 (fēiwénzhèng)
* 黑斑蚊 (hēibānwén)

### Etymology 2

From 文 (man4, “classifier for copper coins”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): man$^{4-1}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mun$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: mān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbun⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

蚊
* (Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck; ringgit; dong
    兩百蚊／两百蚊 [Cantonese] ― loeng$^5$ baak$^3$ man$^{4-1}$ [Jyutping] ― two hundred bucks

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓, 元 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 塊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 塊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 塊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 塊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 塊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 塊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 塊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 塊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 塊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 塊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 塊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 塊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 塊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 塊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 文 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蚊, 個 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 箍, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊, 箍 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蚊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塊 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塊 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 吊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銀, 箍 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 塊, 蚊 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 盾 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 箍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 塊 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 塊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塊 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塊 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 塊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 箍 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 箍, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 個 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 銀, 個 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 個銀, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 箍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 個 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蚊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 塊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 塊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 塊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 塊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 塊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塊 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塊 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 塊 |

#### Compounds

* 蚊雞／蚊鸡

### Etymology 3

Cognate to Taishanese (and other Siyi dialects) 民 (min2), as in 細民仔／细民仔.
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may come from the same etymon that gives 便 (OC *ben) as in 便嬖 (OC *ben peːɡs), which he relates to Proto-Kam-Sui *mpaːn¹ (“male (person)”) and Proto-Hlai *C-maːn (“male (person)”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): man$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^1$
*** Yale: mān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

蚊
* (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.

#### Compounds

* 嫩蚊仔
* 細蚊／细蚊
* 細蚊仔／细蚊仔
* 細蚊仔頭／细蚊仔头
* 細蚊女／细蚊女
* 老蚊
* 老蚊公
* 老蚊婆

### References

* “蚊”, 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* mosquito

#### Readings

* Go-on: もん (mon)
* Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
* Kun: か (ka, 蚊, Jōyō)、かあ (kā, 蚊)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蚊
* か Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

蚊(か) • (ka)
* mosquito
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蚊
* かあ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ː]

#### Noun

蚊(かあ) • (kā)
* mosquito
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 104:蚊蝄䖟蜺 [...] 上二字加安下二字阿牟(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 3 (back):蚊 加阿(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
   * Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

## Korean
### Hanja

蚊 (eum 문 (mun))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蚊: Hán Nôm readings: văn, mân
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation