螞

See also: 蚂
螞 U+879E, 螞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879E
← 螝
[U+879D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 螟 →
[U+879F]

Translingual

Han character

螞 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸手火 (LISQF), four-corner 51127, composition ⿰虫馬)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+879E

Chinese
trad. 螞
simp. 蚂

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).

Etymology

Traditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”).

Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • má - literary;
  • bé/bée - vernacular.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6mo
        • MiniDict: mo去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3mo
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²³/
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: ma3
        • Sinological IPA (key): /ma̠⁴¹/

Definitions

螞

  1. † A prefix used in insect names.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

螞

  1. Only used in 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha).

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

螞

  1. Only used in 螞螂／蚂螂 (mālang).

References

Japanese

Kanji
螞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • Go-on: め (me)
  • Kan-on: ば (ba)
  • Kan’yō-on: ま (ma)

Korean

Hanja

螞 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

  1. (말거머리) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Synonyms
  • 螞 (마, ma)
  • 蟥 (황, hwang)
  • 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
  • 馬蛭 (마질, majil) lit. horse leech

Compounds
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