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U+868A, 蚊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868A

[U+8689]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+868B]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜大 (LIYK), four-corner 50140, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32849
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2840, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+868A

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *mɯn).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs with a nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Khmer មូស (muuh), Vietnamese muỗi.

Pronunciation

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Note: man4 - literary, rare.
Note:
  • mun4* - standalone word;
  • mun4 - in compounds.
Note:
  • muòng - vernacular (used in 風蚊);
  • ùng - literary.
Note:
  • men1 - vernacular;
  • un2 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /uən³⁵/
Harbin /uən²⁴/
Tianjin /vən⁴⁵/
Jinan /vẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /və̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /uən⁴²/
Xi'an /vẽ²⁴/
Xining /uə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /vəŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /və̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /vɤŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /uən²¹³/
Chengdu /uən³¹/
Guiyang /uen²¹/
Kunming /uə̃³¹/
Nanjing /un²⁴/
Hefei /uən⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /vəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /uŋ¹³/
Hohhot /və̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /məŋ²³/
/vəŋ²³/
Suzhou /mən¹³/
Hangzhou /ven²¹³/
Wenzhou /vaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /uʌ̃⁴⁴/
/mʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /man⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /uən¹³/
/mən³³/
Xiangtan /uən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /un⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /mun⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /mun²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɐn⁵⁵/
Nanning /mɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /mɐn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /bun³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /muoŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /mɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /buŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /vun³¹/
/maŋ²¹³/ 訓蠓

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/miun/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mun/
Li
Rong
/miuən/
Wang
Li
/mĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mə[r]/
English mosquito

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13017
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯn/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. mosquito (Classifier: c)
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms

From (man4, “classifier for copper coins”).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck; ringgit; dong
    [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 baak3 man4-1 [Jyutping]  ―  two hundred bucks
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.

Cognate to Taishanese (and other Siyi dialects) (min2), as in 細民仔细民仔.

Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may come from the same etymon that gives 便 (OC *ben) as in 便嬖 (OC *ben peːɡs), which he relates to Proto-Kam-Sui *mpaːn¹ (male (person)) and Proto-Hlai *C-maːn (male (person)).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. mosquito

Readings

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  • Go-on: もん (mon)
  • Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
  • Kun: (ka, , Jōyō)かあ (, )

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, to bite) or 痒い (kayui, itchy), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (ka

  1. mosquito

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
かあ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Cognate with (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かあ) (

  1. mosquito

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (mun))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: văn, mân

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References

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