蟊

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 蝥

Pronunciation

Pinyin: máo, méng
Cantonese: maau4
JapaneseKun: NEKIRIMUSHI
JapaneseOn: BOU MU
Korean: MO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

CE-Dict: Spanish fly/grain-eating grub

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an insect destructive of the roots of seedlings

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《䖵部》蟊蠿蟊也。从䖵矛聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蟊
〔古文〕𧐘【唐韻】莫浮切【集韻】【韻會】迷浮切，𠀤音侔。與蝥同。【說文】蠿蟊也。　又謨蓬切，音蒙。龜兆氣不澤也。【書·洪範】曰圛曰蟊。○按《說文》蟊，莫浮切，蠿蟊也。蝥，莫交切，螌蝥也。二字音各別。然攷唐宋字書，蟊蝥𧎄音義相通，今以《唐韻》爲正。詳蟊字註。
考證：〔【書·洪範】圛曰蟊。〕　謹照正義引鄭王本，圛上增曰字。

Han-De-Dict: spanische Fliege (u.E.)