蠛蠓

Chinese

		minute flies	grasshopper; midge; sandfly
trad. (蠛蠓)		蠛	蠓
simp. #(蠛蠓)		蠛	蠓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièměng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièměng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièměng
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-mêng³
    • Yale: myè-měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehmeeng
    • Palladius: мемэн (memɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ mung⁵
    • Yale: miht múhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ mung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ mung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² mʊŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: met muwng|muwngX

Rime
Character	蠛	蠓	蠓
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I	I
Fanqie	莫結切	莫紅切	莫孔切
Baxter	met	muwng	muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛt̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛt̚/	/məwŋ/	/məwŋX/
Li Rong	/met̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Wang Li	/miet̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/miet̚/	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miè	méng	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mit6	mung4	mung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːd  moːŋ|moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠛	蠓	蠓
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	9119	8979	8981
Phonetic component	蔑	冡	冡
Rime group	月	東	東
Rime subdivision	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蔑	蒙	蠓
Old Chinese	/*meːd/	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋʔ/

Noun

蠛蠓

1. (literary) midge

Synonyms

• (Sichuan) 墨蚊, 墨蚊子, 墨墨蚊兒／墨墨蚊儿, 蠛蚊, 蠛蠛蚊兒／蠛蠛蚊儿
• (Hokkien) 胡衰仔, 烏衰仔／乌衰仔, 烏蠓仔／乌蠓仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠛	蠓
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠kɯ̟ᵝna̠ɡʲi]

Noun

蠛蠓(まくなぎ) • (makunagi) 

1. a kind of biting midge

Synonyms

• (a kind of biting midge): 目纏(めまと)い (mematoi)

Hypernyms

• 糠蚊(ぬかか) (nukaka)