蝗

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: huáng
Cantonese: wong4
JapaneseKun: INAGO
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HWANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of locust

CE-Dict: locust

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a locust

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蝗螽也。从虫皇聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蝗
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤胡光切，音黃。【說文】螽也。【陸佃云】蝗字从皇，今其首腹背皆有王字。【禮·月令】蟲蝗爲災。【前漢·文帝紀】旱，蝗。【師古註】蝗卽螽也，食苗爲災，今俗呼爲簸鍾。【後漢·五行志】蝗蟲貪苛之所致也。【吳志·趙達傳】少從單甫受學，治九宮一算之術，至計飛蝗，射隱伏，無不中效。　又【唐韻古音】戸盲切，音橫。《演春秋繁露》云：徽州稻苦蟲害，俗呼橫蟲。　又【韻會】戸孟切，橫去聲。義同。

CF-Dict: sauterelle

Han-De-Dict: Heuschrecke (S)/Heuschrecken (S)