蛾

See also: 䖸

蛾	U+86FE, 蛾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FE

← 蛽
[U+86FD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蛿 →
[U+86FF]

Translingual

Han character

蛾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹手戈 (LIHQI), four-corner 5315₀, composition ⿰虫我)

Derived characters

𠏃

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 31

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33082

Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 6

Unihan data for U+86FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛾
alternative forms		䖸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	ŋaːl, ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	ŋaːl, ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	ŋral, ŋralʔ
檥	ŋral, ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	ŋralʔ, hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): é (e²)

(Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
Jin (Wiktionary): ghe¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘ / ia̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: é
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: é
  - Wade–Giles: o²
  - Yale: é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁴
  - Yale: ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ghe¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣɤ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
  - Tâi-lô: gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: ia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iah
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/

Note: ia̍h - 蝶 is used in the Mainland.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: nga

Rime
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五何切
Baxter	nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	é
Middle Chinese	‹ nga ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaj/
English	silkworm moth [Bombyx]
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛾
Reading #	1/2
No.	13036
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/
Notes	見荀子，說文下從二蟲

Definitions

蛾

moth (insect of the order Lepidoptera)
- 秋八月，有白蛾群飛蔽日，從東都門至枳道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  秋八月，有白蛾群飞蔽日，从东都门至枳道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Qiū bāyuè, yǒu bái é qúnfēi bìrì, cóng dōng dōu mén zhì zhǐdào. [Pinyin]
  In the eighth month of autumn, a swarm of white moths obscured the sun from the eastern capital gate up to Orange Road.
- 悄悄月侵牖，蕭蕭風振柯。關心十年事，坐數撲燈蛾。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《石州集/석주집》, 1631
  Chocho wol chim yu, soso pung jin ga. Gwansim sip nyeon sa, jwa su bak deung a. [Sino-Korean]
  The silent moonlight seeps through the window,
  The desolate wind tilts at the branches.
  My mind entangled in the past ten years,
  I sit and count the moths hitting the lamp.
Short for 蛾眉 (éméi).
a surname

Synonyms

(moth):

撲棱蛾子／扑棱蛾子 (pūlēng'ézi) (Northern China, dialectal Mandarin)
白翼仔 (Hakka)
蛾子 (ézi)
蝶仔 (Hokkien)
飛蛾／飞蛾 (fēi'é)

Compounds

卷葉蛾／卷叶蛾
夜蛾 (yè'é)
天蛾
天蠶蛾／天蚕蛾
尺蠖蛾
巴蛾
撲燈蛾／扑灯蛾
斜紋夜蛾／斜纹夜蛾
月形天蠶蛾／月形天蚕蛾 (yuèxíng tiāncán'é)
海蛾魚／海蛾鱼
淡掃蛾眉／淡扫蛾眉
煙夜蛾／烟夜蛾
燈蛾／灯蛾
燈蛾撲火／灯蛾扑火
畫黛彎蛾／画黛弯蛾 (huàdàiwān'é)
皓齒蛾眉／皓齿蛾眉
紅粉青蛾／红粉青蛾
綠慘雙蛾／绿惨双蛾
自然蛾眉
蛾妝／蛾妆
蛾子 (ézi)
蛾眉 (éméi)
蛾眉月 (éméiyuè)
蛾眉班
蛾眉皓齒／蛾眉皓齿
蛾眉螓首
蛾眉豆
蛾綠／蛾绿 (élǜ)
螟蛾 (míng'é)
螢蛾／萤蛾
螓首蛾眉
蠶蛾／蚕蛾 (cán'é)
衣蛾
雙蛾／双蛾
顰蛾眉／颦蛾眉
飛蛾／飞蛾 (fēi'é)
飛蛾投火／飞蛾投火
飛蛾投焰／飞蛾投焰
飛蛾撲火／飞蛾扑火 (fēi'épūhuǒ)
飛蛾赴火／飞蛾赴火
飛蛾赴焰／飞蛾赴焰
飛蛾赴燭／飞蛾赴烛
黛蛾

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛾 – see 蟻 (“ant; foam or sediment in wine; lees; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蟻).

Japanese

Kanji

蛾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)
Kan-on: が (ga); ぎ (gi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛾
が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蛾 (ŋɑ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) が [gà] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

Homophone: 我

Noun

蛾(が) or 蛾(ガ) • (ga)

a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蛾 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

moth

Okinawan

Kanji

蛾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蛾(が) (ga).

Noun

蛾(がー) (gā)

moth

Vietnamese

Han character

蛾: Hán Nôm readings: ngài, nga

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN