蝥

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: máo, wú, wù
Cantonese: maau4
JapaneseOn: BOU MU MEU BU
Korean: MO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

CE-Dict: variant of 蟊[mao2]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of noxious insect that feeds on the roots of rice plants

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蝥螌蝥也。从虫敄聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蝥
【唐韻】莫浮切，音謀。食穀蟲。【說文】本又作蟊。食草根者，吏冒取民財則生。【詩·小雅】及其蝥賊。【傳】食根曰蝥，食節曰賊。【左傳·成十三年】帥我蝥賊。　又蝥弧，旗名。【左傳·隱十一年】潁考叔取鄭伯之旗，蝥弧以先登。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤謨交切，音茅。螌蝥。詳螌字註。　又【廣韻】亡遇切，音務。蠡名。亦作𧐙。　又武夫切，音無。【爾雅·釋蟲】䵹鼄，鼄蝥。詳蛛字註。　或作𧍟。

CF-Dict: cantharide/mylabris

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