# 蚋

| 蚋 | U+868B, &#34443; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868B |
| ← 蚊 [U+868A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚌 → [U+868C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人月 (LIOB), four-corner 5412$_7$, composition ⿰虫内)
* gnat, mosquito

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32850
* Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2838, character 14
* Unihan data for U+868B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ruì (rui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
*** Wade–Giles: jui$^4$
*** Yale: rwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
*** Palladius: жуй (žuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jeoi$^6$
*** Yale: yeuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɵy̯²²/

### Definitions

蚋
* black fly (small biting fly in family Simuliidae)

### Compounds

* 蕈蚋 (xùnruì)
* 蚊蚋

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* blackfly

#### Readings

* Go-on: ね (ne)、ねい (nei)
* Kan-on: ぜい (zei)
* Kun: か (ka)、ぶよ (buyo, 蚋)、ぶゆ (buyu, 蚋)、ぶと (buto, 蚋)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蚋
* ぶゆ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶゆ [búꜜyù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bɯ̟jɯ̟]

#### Noun

蚋(ぶゆ) or 蚋(ブユ) • (buyu) (counter 匹)
* blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

##### Usage notes

The standard Japanese name.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブユ.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蚋
* ぶよ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶよ [búꜜyò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bɯ̟jo̞]

#### Noun

蚋(ぶよ) or 蚋(ブヨ) • (buyo) (counter 匹)
* blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)
** 1920, 島崎藤村, ふるさと‎, 青空文庫:
    蚋(ぶよ)は人(ひと)をも馬(うま)をも刺(さ)します。あの長(なが)くて丈夫(ぢやうぶ)な馬(うま)の尻尾(しつぽ)の房々(ふさ／＼)とした毛(け)は、蚋(ぶよ)を追(お)ひ拂(はら)ふのに役(やく)に立(た)つのです。
       Buyo wa hito o mo uma o mo sashimasu. Ano nagakute jōbu na uma no shippo no fusafusa to shita ke wa, buyo o oiharau no ni yaku ni tatsu no desu.
       Blackflies bite both people and horses. The long, strong, and bushy hair on horses’ tails is helpful in driving away blackflies.

##### Usage notes

Used in eastern Japan.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブヨ.

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 蚋
* ぶと Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶと [búꜜtò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bɯ̟to̞]

#### Noun

蚋(ぶと) or 蚋(ブト) • (buto) (counter 匹)
* blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

##### Usage notes

Used in western Japan.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブト.

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 “ブユ(蚋)”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

蚋 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)
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