# 蟻

| 蟻 | U+87FB, &#34811; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FB |
| ← 蟺 [U+87FA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟼 → [U+87FC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿土戈 (LITGI), four-corner 5815$_3$, composition ⿰虫義)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33672
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 11
* Unihan data for U+87FB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 莪 | *ŋaːl |
| 哦 | *ŋaːl |
| 娥 | *ŋaːl |
| 峨 | *ŋaːl |
| 峩 | *ŋaːl |
| 鵝 | *ŋaːl |
| 俄 | *ŋaːl |
| 蛾 | *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ |
| 睋 | *ŋaːl |
| 涐 | *ŋaːl |
| 誐 | *ŋaːl |
| 硪 | *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ |
| 我 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 騀 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 餓 | *ŋaːls |
| 義 | *ŋrals |
| 儀 | *ŋral |
| 轙 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 檥 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 蟻 | *ŋralʔ |
| 艤 | *ŋralʔ |
| 礒 | *ŋralʔ |
| 羛 | *ŋralʔ, *hŋral |
| 議 | *ŋrals |
| 犧 | *hŋral |
| 曦 | *hŋral |
| 羲 | *hŋral |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋralʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-roq.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yǐ (yi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngai$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngai$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngie
    (Hailu, HRS): ngie$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^1$ / ngi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): i$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngṳè
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngiê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyo$^5$ / hya$^5$ / gi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiā / hiǎ / gí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hia$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hia$^6$ / ngi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^5$ / nyi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
*** Wade–Giles: i$^3$
*** Yale: yǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^5$
*** Yale: ngáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡai⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngie
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngie$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯e⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngie$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋie¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^1$ / ngi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni⁴⁴/, /ŋi⁵³/
* Meixian:
** ni1 - vernacular;
** ngi4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: ngjeX
Rime :
| Character | 蟻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 魚倚切 |
| Baxter | ngjeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋje$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蟻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngje$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/ |
| English | ant |
| 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 | 蟻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13049 |
| Phonetic component | 我 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 螘 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋralʔ/ |
| Notes | 同螘本作蛾此見孫子 |

### Definitions

蟻
* ant (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
    From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong], 邊一個發明了ENCORE
    jan$^4$ jyu$^4$ gik$^6$ sai$^3$ gik$^6$ sai$^3$ dik$^1$ ngai$^5$, cung$^4$ loi$^4$ naan$^4$ dik$^6$ si$^4$ doi$^6$ dik$^1$ sai$^2$ lai$^5$ [Jyutping]
    People are teeny-tiny ants; they can hardly ever go against the test of time
* (literary) foam or sediment in wine; lees
* (literary) humble; inconsiderable
* (literary) black
* (literary) in an assembled manner
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟻, 螞蟻 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 螞蟻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 螞蟻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螞蟻, 米蛘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蟣螞蛘子, 螞蟣蛘子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weihai | 蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螞螞蚍蜉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 螞蟻蟲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螞蟻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 螞蟻, 螞印子, 螞燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 螞蟻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟻, 螞蟻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟻仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蟻仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螞蟻, 螞印子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 螞蟻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 螞蟻子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟻公, 蟻仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 咪公 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蟻仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蟻公, 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蟻公子, 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蟻仔, 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蟻公, 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 螞蟻, 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蟻, 蟻公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 王眼的 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螞蚍蜉, 螞蚍蜉兒, 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Linhe | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Jining | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 螞蟻官兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 螞蟻 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟻稚仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蟻蠍嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 真蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 宗蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蟻仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 紅蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 黃蟻, 紅蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 黃蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 草蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 狗蟻仔 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 狗蟻, 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蟻翁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蟻, 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 溝蟻 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蟻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蟻, 蟻婆, 蟻公 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蟻, 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蟻, 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 蟻 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟻 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蟻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螞蟻 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蟻仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Danyang | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 螞粉, 螞轟, 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 火蟻 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 戽我, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螞蟻子, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 螞蟻子, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 螞蟻子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 螞蟻子 |

### Compounds

* 先驅螻蟻 / 先驱蝼蚁
* 兵蟻 / 兵蚁 (bīngyǐ)
* 如蟻附羶 / 如蚁附羶
* 工蟻 / 工蚁 (gōngyǐ)
* 排蟻陣 / 排蚁阵
* 浮蟻 / 浮蚁
* 淥蟻 / 渌蚁
* 熊蟻 / 熊蚁
* 白螞蟻 / 白蚂蚁 (báimǎyǐ)
* 白蟻 / 白蚁 (báiyǐ)
* 矛蟻 / 矛蚁 (máoyǐ)
* 綠蟻 / 绿蚁
* 群蟻潰堤 / 群蚁溃堤
* 群蟻附羶 / 群蚁附羶
* 肥蟲蟻 / 肥虫蚁
* 蓐蟻 / 蓐蚁
* 蜂屯蟻聚 / 蜂屯蚁聚
* 蜜蟻 / 蜜蚁
* 蝸居蟻垤 / 蜗居蚁垤
* 螞蟻 / 蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ)
* 螞蟻上樹 / 蚂蚁上树 (mǎyǐshàngshù)
* 螞蟻窩 / 蚂蚁窝 (mǎyǐwō)
* 螞蟻緣槐 / 蚂蚁缘槐
* 螻蟻 / 蝼蚁 (lóuyǐ)
* 螻蟻得志 / 蝼蚁得志
* 蟲蟲蟻蟻 / 虫虫蚁蚁
* 蟲蟻 / 虫蚁 (chóngyǐ)
* 蟻動 / 蚁动
* 蟻合 / 蚁合
* 蟻垤 / 蚁垤 (yǐdié)
* 蟻夢 / 蚁梦
* 蟻寇 / 蚁寇
* 蟻封 / 蚁封
* 蟻慕 / 蚁慕
* 蟻民 / 蚁民 (yǐmín)
* 蟻潰 / 蚁溃
* 蟻獅 / 蚁狮 (yǐshī)
* 蟻穴 / 蚁穴 (yǐxué)
* 蟻結 / 蚁结
* 蟻聚之兵 / 蚁聚之兵
* 蟻聚蜂屯 / 蚁聚蜂屯
* 蟻術 / 蚁术
* 蟻裳 / 蚁裳
* 蟻觀 / 蚁观
* 蟻酸 / 蚁酸 (yǐsuān)
* 蟻醛 / 蚁醛 (yǐquán)
* 蟻附 / 蚁附
* 蟻集 / 蚁集
* 蟻鼻錢 / 蚁鼻钱
* 蠶蟻 / 蚕蚁 (cányǐ)
* 隄潰蟻孔 / 隄溃蚁孔
* 飛蟻 / 飞蚁
* 食蟻獸 / 食蚁兽 (shíyǐshòu)
* 馬蟻 / 马蚁
* 麋沸蟻動 / 麋沸蚁动
* 麋沸蟻聚 / 麋沸蚁聚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* ant

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kun: あり (ari, 蟻)、ありのこ (arinoko, 蟻)

#### Alternative forms

* 螘 (rare)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蟻
* あり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Unknown. From Old Japanese, although it only appears as a 訓仮名(くんがな) (kungana) reading, not being otherwise attested in prose.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あり [àrí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

蟻(あり) or 蟻(アリ) • (ari)
* ant

##### Usage notes

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

##### Idioms

* 蟻(あり)の這(は)い出(で)る隙間(すきま)もない (ari no haideru sukima mo nai): “not even a crack wide enough for an ant to crawl through” → without a gap, close, tight
* 蟻(あり)の熊野参(くまのまい)り (ari no Kumano-mairi), 蟻(あり)の伊勢参(いせまい)り (ari no Ise-mairi), 蟻(あり)の百度参(ひゃくどまい)り (ari no hyakudo-mairi), 蟻(あり)の堂参(どうまい)り (ari no dō-mairi), 蟻(あり)の物参(ものまい)り (ari no mono-mairi): “an ants' pilgrimage to Kumano / Ise / the hundred shrines and temples / the temples / the holy sites” → a metaphor likening ants in single file to a procession of pilgrims; alternately, a metaphor for a large group of people moving in single file
* 蟻(あり)の一穴(いっけつ) (ari no ikketsu): “a single ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; compare a stitch in time saves nine
* 蟻(あり)の穴(あな)から堤(つつみ)も崩(くず)れる (ari no ana kara tsutsumi mo kuzureru), 蟻(あり)の穴(あな)より堤(つつみ)の崩(くず)れ (ari no ana yori tsutsumi no kuzure): “even a dike can fall apart due to an ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; compare a stitch in time saves nine
* 蟻(あり)の甘(あま)きにつく如(ごと)し (ari no amaki ni tsuku gotoshi): “just like ants drawn to a sweet” → a metaphor for the way that people are drawn to profitable things; compare like a moth to a flame, of nearly opposite meaning
* 蟻(あり)の思(おも)いも天(てん)に届(とど)く (ari no omoi mo ten ni todoku), 蟻(あり)の思(おも)いも天(てん)に昇(のぼ)る (ari no omoi mo ten ni noboru): “even an ant's thoughts can reach / rise to the heavens” → no matter how humble or lowly, if one tries hard enough, one's wishes can still be heard by the gods in heaven; compare where there's a will, there's a way
* 蟻(あり)の塔(とう)を組(く)む如(ごと)し (ari no tō o kumu gotoshi): “just like building an ant tower [anthill]” → even great deeds can be accomplished through patient work; compare a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

##### Derived terms

* 蟻(あり)の塔(とう) (ari no tō): an “ant tower” → an anthill
* 蟻塚(ありづか) (arizuka): an anthill
* 蟻(あり)の塔草(とうぐさ) (ari no tō-gusa): a kind of seaberry, Haloragis micrantha
* 蟻(あり)の子(こ) (ari no ko): an ant, particularly one without wings; an ant egg or larva

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蟻
* ぎ Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 蟻 (MC ngjeX). Compare modern Cantonese reading ngai$^5$.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲi]

#### Affix

蟻(ぎ) • (gi)
* ant

##### Usage notes

* This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as the kun'yomi of ari.

##### Derived terms

* 蟻(ぎ)群(ぐん) (gigun): a group of ants
* 蟻(ぎ)径(けい) (gikei): a narrow road or path (from the way that ants tend to travel in single file)
* 蟻(ぎ)穴(けつ) (giketsu): an anthill, a hole dug by ants; a very small fault or mistake
* 蟻(ぎ)蚕(さん) (gisan): a silkworm that has just hatched from its egg (from the superficial similarity to an ant)
* 蟻(ぎ)酸(さん) (gisan): formic acid
* 蟻(ぎ)酸(さん)塩(えん) (gisan'en): formate
* 蟻(ぎ)集(しゅう), 蟻(ぎ)聚(しゅう) (gishū): a large grouping, as of many ants
* 蟻(ぎ)走(そう)感(かん) (gisōkan): formication: a feeling as of many bugs crawling on one's skin
* 蟻付(ぎふ) (gifu): a large grouping or gathering of people, much as ants will gather around something sweet
* 蟻(ぎ)封(ほう) (gihō): an anthill
* 蟻(ぎ)量(りょう) (giryō): “ant-weight”: the weight of a silkworm just after hatching from its egg (see 蟻(ぎ)蚕(さん) above)
* 蟻(ぎ)垤(てつ) (gitetsu): an anthill

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 蟻
* ありのこ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 蟻の子
Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠ɾʲino̞ko̞]

#### Noun

蟻(ありのこ) • (arinoko)
* (obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:
    蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古Ant. The Japanese reading above is ka; the other reading in Chinese is gi; the Japanese reading for these characters is ari-no-ko.
* (obsolete) an ant egg or larva

##### Usage notes

* The spelling of 蟻 for ari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as 蟻の子.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

## Kikai
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あーにー (ānī, 蟻)、あに (ani, 蟻)、あい (ai, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(ˀ)aːnʲiː/

### Noun

蟻(あーにー) (ānī)
* ant

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蟻 (MC ngjeX).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅌᅴᆼ〯 (Yale: ngǔy) | ᅌᅴᆼ〯 (Yale: ngǔy) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 가야미〮 (Yale: kàyàmí) | 의〯 (Yale: ǔy) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɰi]
* Phonetic hangul: [의]

### Hanja

Wikisource 蟻 (eumhun 개미 의 (gaemi ui))
* hanja form of 의 (“ant”)

#### Compounds

* 누의(螻蟻) (nuui)
* 부의(浮蟻) (buui)
* 의부(蟻附) (uibu)
* 의집(蟻集) (uijip)
* 의혈(蟻穴) (uihyeol)
* 화의(火蟻) (hwaui)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Northern Amami Ōshima
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あみ (ami, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Noun

蟻(あみ) (ami)
* ant

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あい (ai, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔai/

### Noun

蟻(あい) (ai)
* ant

#### Compounds

* 蟻(あい)子(こー) (aikō, “ant”)

## Okinoerabu
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あに (ani, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˀani/

### Noun

蟻(あに) (ani)
* ant

## Southern Amami Ōshima
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あみ (ami, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Noun

蟻(あみ) (ami)
* ant

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟻: Hán Nôm readings: nghĩ, nghị
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## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: あや (aya, 蟻)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˀaja/

### Noun

蟻(あや) (aya)
* ant