Translingual

Han character

蚋 (radical 142 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人月 (LIOB), four-corner 5412₇)

1. gnat, mosquito

References

• KangXi: page 1077, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32850
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2838, character 14
• Unihan data for U+868B

Cantonese

Hanzi

蚋 ‎(Jyutping jeoi6, Yale yeui6)

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Japanese

蚋(buyu, buyo, buto)

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ね (ne), ねい (nei)
• Kan’on: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: か (ka), ぶよ (buyo), ぶゆ (buyu), ぶと (buto)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぶ​ゆ [búꜜyù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝjɯᵝ]

Noun

蚋 ‎(hiragana ぶゆ, katakana ブユ, romaji buyu)

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぶ​よ [búꜜyò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝjo̞]

Noun

蚋 ‎(hiragana ぶよ, katakana ブヨ, romaji buyo)

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぶ​と [búꜜtò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝto̞]

Noun

蚋 ‎(hiragana ぶと, katakana ブト, romaji buto)

1. blackfly (fly of the Simuliidae)

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

蚋 • ‎(ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蚋 ‎(Pinyin ruì (rui4), Wade-Giles jui⁴)

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