蛾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǐ, é
Cantonese: ngai5 ngo4
JapaneseKun: GA
JapaneseOn: GA GI
Korean: A

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: moth

CE-Dict: moth

Soothill: A moth.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a moth

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: moth - 昆
scalewing - 昆

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: moth; scalewing
【醫】 moth

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: miller; moth; scalewing

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Moth

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛾羅也。从虫我聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蛾
【唐韻】五何切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】牛何切，𠀤音莪。【玉篇】蠶蛾也。【韻會】蛾似黃蝶而小，其眉句曲如畫。【爾雅·釋蟲】蛾羅。【疏】此卽蠶蛹所變者也。【埤雅】繭生蛾，蛾生卵。【大戴禮】食桑者有絲而蛾。【前漢·文帝紀】建昭元年秋八月，有白蛾羣飛蔽日。【師古註】蛾若今之蠶蛾類也。　又飛蛾。【古今注】飛蛾善拂燈。一名火花，一名慕光。　又蛾眉。【詩·衞風】螓首蛾眉。【前漢·揚雄傳】知衆嫭之嫉妬兮，何必颺纍之蛾眉。【師古註】蛾眉，影若蠶蛾眉也。　又姓。【通志·氏族略註】見《姓苑》。晉大夫蛾析之後，魏平東將軍蛾靑。　又影蛾，池名。【三輔黃圖】影蛾池，武帝鑿池以玩月，使宮人乗舟弄月影。　又與俄同。【前漢·外戚傳】孝成班偼伃，帝卽位，選入後宮，始爲小使，蛾而大幸。【師古註】蛾、俄古字通用。　又【廣韻】魚倚切，艤上聲。與蟻同。【禮·樂記】蛾子時述之。【註】蛾，蚍蜉也。【後漢·皇甫規傳】張角等皆著黃巾爲標幟，時人謂之黃巾，亦名爲蛾賊。【註】卽蟻字。喻賊衆多，故以爲名。　又人名。【左傳】蛾析。亦音魚綺切。　【爾雅】作䖸。【集韻】本作𧒎。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （譬喻）以譬為欲樂而墮身命者。智度論十七曰：“諸欲樂甚少，憂苦毒甚多，為之失人身，如蛾趣燈火。”

CF-Dict: papillon de nuit

Han-De-Dict: Nachtfalter (u.E.)