蚨

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fú
Cantonese: fu4
JapaneseOn: HU BU
Korean: PWU
Vietnamese: phù

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a kind of water-beetle cash, then dollars and money generally

CE-Dict: (water-beetle)/money

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of water beetle
2.another name of money or cash

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蚨青蚨，水蟲，可還錢。从虫夫聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蚨
【唐韻】防無切【集韻】【韻會】馮無切【正韻】馮夫切，𠀤音扶。【說文】靑蚨，水蟲，可還錢。【本草】一名蚨蟬，一名𧑒𧍪，一名魚伯。藏器曰靑蚨，生南海，狀如蟬，其子著木，用以塗錢，皆歸本處。【搜神記】南方有蟲名𧑒𧍪，形大如蟬，辛美可食。子著草葉上如蠶種。取其子，則母飛來，雖潛取之，亦知其處。殺其母塗錢，以子塗貫，用錢去則自還。

CF-Dict: papillon/monnaie

Han-De-Dict: Geld (u.E.) (S)