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蠅

蠅

See also: 蝇 and 蝿

Translingual

Han character

蠅 (radical 142 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口X山 (LIRXU), four-corner 56116)

References

  • KangXi: page 1099, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33690
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2897, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8805

Chinese

trad. 蠅
simp. 蝇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (黽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
澠 *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *ɦbljɯŋ
黽 *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ
僶 *mliŋʔ
繩 *ɦbljɯŋ
譝 *ɦbljɯŋ
憴 *ɦbljɯŋ
鱦 *ɦbljɯŋ, *ɦbljɯŋ, *b·lɯŋs, *mraːŋʔ
蠅 *b·lɯŋ
鄳 *mraːŋ, *mraːŋʔ
鼆 *mreːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蠅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 余陵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jiŋ/
Li
Rong		 /iəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yíng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蠅
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yíng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ying ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-rəŋ/
English fly (n.)

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 蠅
Reading # 1/1
No. 9171
Phonetic
component		 黽
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蠅
Old
Chinese		 /*b·lɯŋ/

Definitions

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  1. fly; housefly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蒼蠅 (“housefly”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蠅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蒼蠅
Taxonomic name 蠅
Mandarin Beijing 蒼蠅
Taiwan 蒼蠅
Tianjin 蒼蠅
Jinan 蠅子、蒼蠅
Wuhan 蒼蠅
Chengdu 蒼蠅兒
Yangzhou 蒼蠅
Hefei 蒼蠅
Malaysia 蒼蠅
Singapore 蒼蠅
Cantonese Guangzhou 烏蠅
Hong Kong 烏蠅
Taishan 禾蠅
Yangjiang 蚊子
Gan Nanchang 蒼蠅
Hakka Meixian 烏蠅
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 烏蠅
Liudui (S. Sixian) 烏蠅
Hsinchu (Hailu) 烏蠅
Dongshi (Dabu) 烏蠅
Zhuolan (Raoping) 烏蠅
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 烏蠅
Jin Taiyuan 蠅子
Min Bei Jian'ou 蠅
Min Nan Quanzhou 胡蠅
Xiamen 胡蠅
Zhangzhou 胡蠅
Taipei 胡蠅
Malaysia 胡蠅
Chaozhou 胡蠅
Wu Suzhou 蒼蠅
Wenzhou 蒼蠅、屙蒼
Xiang Changsha 蚊子
Shuangfeng 蚊子

Compounds

  • 以冰致蠅／以冰致蝇
  • 如蠅逐臭／如蝇逐臭
  • 如蠅附羶／如蝇附羶
  • 家蠅／家蝇 (jiāyíng)
  • 寄生蠅／寄生蝇
  • 捕蠅紙／捕蝇纸 (bǔyíngzhǐ)
  • 捕蠅草／捕蝇草
  • 果蠅／果蝇
  • 沒頭蒼蠅／没头苍蝇
  • 無頭蒼蠅／无头苍蝇
  • 牛蠅／牛蝇
  • 狗苟蠅營／狗苟蝇营
  • 甘蠅／甘蝇
  • 白璧青蠅／白璧青蝇
  • 紅頭蠅／红头蝇
  • 綠豆蠅／绿豆蝇
  • 臭肉來蠅／臭肉来蝇
  • 茹魚去蠅／茹鱼去蝇
  • 落筆點蠅／落笔点蝇
  • 蒼蠅／苍蝇 (cāngying)
  • 蒼蠅拍子／苍蝇拍子
  • 蒼蠅紙／苍蝇纸
  • 蒼蠅見血／苍蝇见血
  • 蕈蠅／蕈蝇
  • 蚊蠅／蚊蝇
  • 蝸利蠅名／蜗利蝇名
  • 蝸名蠅利／蜗名蝇利
  • 蝸角蠅頭／蜗角蝇头
  • 螫蠅／螫蝇
  • 蠅利蝸名／蝇利蜗名
  • 蠅名蝸利／蝇名蜗利
  • 蠅子／蝇子 (yíngzi)
  • 蠅帚子／蝇帚子
  • 蠅拂／蝇拂
  • 蠅止／蝇止
  • 蠅營／蝇营
  • 蠅營狗苟／蝇营狗苟
  • 蠅甩子／蝇甩子
  • 蠅糞點玉／蝇粪点玉
  • 蠅級／蝇级
  • 蠅虎／蝇虎
  • 蠅蛆病／蝇蛆病
  • 蠅頭／蝇头
  • 蠅頭小利／蝇头小利
  • 蠅頭小楷／蝇头小楷
  • 蠅頭微利／蝇头微利
  • 蠅頭細書／蝇头细书
  • 蠅頭蝸角／蝇头蜗角
  • 蠶蛆蠅／蚕蛆蝇
  • 青蠅／青蝇
  • 青蠅弔客／青蝇弔客
  • 青蠅染白／青蝇染白
  • 青蠅點素／青蝇点素
  • 飛蠅垂珠／飞蝇垂珠
  • 馬蠅／马蝇
  • 麻蠅／麻蝇

Japanese

Kanji

蠅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝿)

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. a fly (a bug)

Korean

Hanja

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