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蟻
蟻
Translingual
Han character
蟻 (radical 142 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿土戈 (LITGI), four-corner 58153, composition ⿰虫義)
References
- KangXi: page 1099, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33672
- Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2898, character 11
- Unihan data for U+87FB
Chinese
trad. | 蟻 | |
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simp. | 蚁 | |
alt. forms |
螘 蛾 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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, OC *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/p/s-rwak.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngie
- Min Nan (POJ): hiā / hiǎ / gí
- Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: i3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
- IPA (key): /i²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngai5
- Yale: ngáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai5
- IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie
- Hakka Romanization System: ngie
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngie4
- IPA: /ɲi̯e⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiā
- Tâi-lô: hiā
- Phofsit Daibuun: hia
- IPA (Xiamen): /hia²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hia²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hia³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǎ
- Tâi-lô: hiǎ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hia²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí
- Tâi-lô: gí
- Phofsit Daibuun: gie
- IPA (Xiamen): /gi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /gi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi⁴¹/
- Note: hiā/hiǎ - vernacular; gí - literary.
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: nyi (T3)
- IPA (key): /ȵi²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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Character | 蟻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | Chongniu III |
Fanqie | 魚倚切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋˠiᴇX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ŋᵚiɛX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ŋiɛX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋjiə̆X/ |
Li Rong |
/ŋjeX/ |
Wang Li |
/ŋǐeX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋie̯X/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǐ |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 蟻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǐ |
Middle Chinese |
‹ ngjeX › |
Old Chinese |
/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/ |
English | ant |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 蟻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 13049 |
Phonetic component |
我 |
Rime group |
歌 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
螘 |
Old Chinese |
/*ŋralʔ/ |
Notes | 同螘本作蛾此見孫子 |
Definitions
蟻
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 螞蟻 (“ant”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 蟻、螞蟻 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螞蟻 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 螞蟻 |
Taiwan | 螞蟻 | |
Tianjin | 螞蟻 | |
Jinan | 螞蟻、米蛘 | |
Xi'an | 螞蟻 | |
Wuhan | 螞蟻、螞印子、螞燕子 | |
Chengdu | 螞蟻兒、螞蟻子 | |
Yangzhou | 螞蟻 | |
Hefei | 螞蟻 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟻 |
Hong Kong | 蟻 | |
Taishan | 蟻 | |
Yangjiang | 蟻 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 螞蟻、螞寅子 |
Hakka | Meixian | 蟻公、蟻仔 |
Xingning | 咪公 | |
Huidong (Huizhou) | 蟻 | |
Qujiang | 蟻公 | |
Xiaosanjiang | 蟻公 | |
Changting | 蟻公 | |
Pingyu | 蟻公 | |
Wuping | 蟻公 | |
Liancheng | 蟻公 | |
Ninghua | 蟻公 | |
Yudu | 螞蟻 | |
Ruijin | 蟻公子、螞蟻 | |
Shicheng | 蟻公 | |
Shangyou | 螞蟻 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟻公 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 蟻公 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 蟻公 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 蟻公 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 蟻公 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 蟻子 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 螞蚍蜉、螞蚍蜉兒、螞蟻 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蟻稚仔 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 紅蟻、黃蟻 |
Min Nan | Quanzhou | 狗蟻 |
Xiamen | 狗蟻 | |
Zhangzhou | 狗蟻 | |
Taipei | 狗蟻 | |
Kaohsiung | 狗蟻 | |
Tainan | 狗蟻 | |
Taichung | 狗蟻 | |
Yilan | 狗蟻 | |
Lukang | 狗蟻 | |
Sanxia | 狗蟻 | |
Kinmen | 狗蟻 | |
Magong | 狗蟻 | |
Hsinchu | 狗蟻 | |
Malaysia | 蟻 | |
Chaozhou | 蟻 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 螞蟻 |
Suzhou | 螞蟻 | |
Wenzhou | 火蟻 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 螞蟻子 |
Shuangfeng | 螞蟻子 |
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Alternative forms
- 螘 (rare)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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蟻 |
ぎ Hyōgaiji |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蟻 (ngjeX). Compare modern Cantonese 蟻/蚁 (ngai5).
Pronunciation
Affix
Usage notes
This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as the kun'yomi of ari.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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蟻 |
あり Hyōgaiji |
kun'yomi |
Unknown. From Old Japanese, but ultimate derivation remains a mystery. There are potentially interesting similarities to Korean 아리 (ari, “leg”) and 아래 (arae, “below, beneath”), but evidence is lacking.
Pronunciation
Noun
Idioms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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蟻 |
ありのこ Hyōgaiji |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
蟻 (hiragana ありのこ, romaji arinoko)
- (obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
- 蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古[2]
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 161)
- (obsolete) an ant egg or larva
Usage notes
The spelling of 蟻 for ari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as 蟻の子.
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.
Kikai
Kanji
蟻
Readings
- Native: あーにー (ānī), あに (ani), あい (ai)
Etymology
Cognate with Old Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ˀ)aːnʲiː/
Noun
蟻 (hiragana あーにー, romaji ānī)
Korean
Hanja
蟻 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
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Oki-No-Erabu
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Old Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˀani/
Noun
Okinawan
Kanji
Etymology
Cognate with Old Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔai/
Noun
Compounds
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Vietnamese
Han character
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