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

  • 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
Old Chinese
*mrɯn
*mrɯn
*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
*mrɯn
*mrɯn
*mɯːl
*mɯːl
*mɯːl
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn
*mɯn, *mɯns
*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
*mɯns

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

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

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


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

    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

    1. mosquito (Classifier: c)

    Dialectal synonyms of 蚊子 (“mosquito”) [map]

    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蚊子,
    Taxonomic name
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蚊子
    Taiwan 蚊子
    Chengde 蚊子
    Chifeng 蚊子
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蚊子
    Heihe 蚊子
    Qiqihar 蚊子
    Harbin 蚊子
    Jiamusi 蚊子
    Baicheng 蚊子
    Changchun 蚊子
    Tonghua 蚊子
    Shenyang 蚊子
    Jinzhou 蚊子
    Malaysia 蚊子
    Singapore 蚊子
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 蚊子
    Tangshan 蚊子
    Cangzhou 蚊子
    Baoding 蚊子
    Shijiazhuang 蚊子
    Lijin 蚊子
    Jinan 蚊子
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 蚊子
    Dandong 蚊子
    Yantai 蚊子
    Yantai (Muping) 蚊子
    Qingdao 蚊子
    Zhucheng 蚊子
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蚊子
    Lingbao 蚊子
    Jining 蚊子
    Wanrong 蚊子
    Wanrong (Ronghe) 長腿子
    Linfen 蚊子
    Shangqiu 蚊子
    Yuanyang 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Zhengzhou
    Xinyang 蚊子
    Baihe 夜蚊子
    Xi'an 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Baoji 蚊子
    Tianshui 蚊子
    Xining 蚊子
    Xuzhou 蚊子
    Fuyang 蚊子
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 蚊子
    Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 蚊子
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 蚊子
    Lanzhou 蚊子
    Dunhuang 蚊子
    Hami 蚊子
    Ürümqi 蚊子
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蚊子
    Nanchong 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Dazhou 夜蚊子
    Hanyuan 床腳蚊
    Xichang 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Zigong 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Chongqing 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Wuhan 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Yichang 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Xiangyang 蚊子
    Tianmen 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Guiyang 蚊子, 尖嘴蚊
    Zunyi 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Bijie 蚊子, 夜蚊子
    Liping 蚊子, 長腳蚊子
    Zhaotong 蚊蟲
    Dali 蚊子
    Kunming 蚊子
    Mengzi 蚊子
    Guilin 蚊子
    Pingle 蚊蟲
    Liuzhou 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Luzhai 蚊蟲
    Tianlin (Langping) 嘎公蚊
    Jishou 長腳蚊
    Changde 釘人蚊子
    Hanzhong 蚊子
    Kokang 蚊子
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蚊子
    Yangzhou 蚊子
    Lianyungang 蚊蚤
    Lianshui 蚊蚤
    Nantong 蚊子
    Anqing 蚊子
    Wuhu 蚊子
    Hefei 蚊子
    Hong'an 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Cantonese Guangzhou
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
    Macau
    Macau (Tanka)
    Guangzhou (Panyu)
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
    Guangzhou (Conghua)
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
    Foshan
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
    Foshan (Shunde)
    Foshan (Sanshui)
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
    Zhongshan (Shiqi)
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
    Zhuhai (Doumen)
    Jiangmen (Baisha)
    Jiangmen (Xinhui)
    Taishan
    Kaiping (Chikan)
    Enping (Niujiang)
    Heshan (Yayao)
    Dongguan
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
    Shenzhen (Dapeng)
    Qingyuan 蚊仔
    Fogang 蚊仔
    Yingde (Hanguang) 蚊仔
    Yangshan 蚊仔
    Lianshan (Butian) 蚊子
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 蚊仔
    Shaoguan 蚊仔,
    Shaoguan (Qujiang)
    Renhua 蚊仔
    Lechang 蚊仔
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蚊仔,
    Sihui 蚊仔
    Guangning 蚊仔
    Deqing
    Huaiji 蚊仔
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蚊仔
    Yunfu 蚊仔
    Xinxing 蚊仔
    Luoding 蚊仔
    Yunan (Pingtai) 蚊兒
    Yangjiang 蚊蟲
    Xinyi 蚊子
    Lianjiang 蚊子,
    Nanning
    Nanning (Tanka)
    Wuzhou
    Yulin 蚊子
    Hepu (Lianzhou) , 蚊子
    Hepu (Shatian) 蚊仔, 蚊蟲
    Baise
    Qinzhou 蚊蟲, 花蚊
    Qinzhou (Changtan) 蚊子, 花蚊
    Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 蚊子
    Beihai
    Beihai (Nankang) 蚊子
    Beihai (Yingpan) 蚊子
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蚊蟲
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蚊蟲
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
    Penang (Guangfu)
    Ipoh (Guangfu)
    Singapore (Guangfu)
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
    Móng Cái 蚊蟲
    Gan Nanchang 蚊蟲
    Pengze 蚊蟲
    Lichuan 蚊仔
    Pingxiang 蚊子
    Liuyang 蚊哩
    Hakka Meixian 蚊仔
    Xingning 蚊哩
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
    Dongguan (Qingxi)
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蚊家
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 蚊哩
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 蚊哩
    Wuhua (Changbu) 蚊家
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 蚊家
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
    Yudu 蚊子
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蚊仔
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蚊仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蚊仔
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蚊仔,
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
    Hong Kong
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 蚊子
    Sabah (Longchuan) 蚊仔
    Senai (Huiyang)
    Singkawang
    Huizhou Jixi 蚊蟲
    Shexian 蚊蟲
    Wuyuan 蚊蟲
    Fuliang 蚊蟲兒, 蚊蟲
    Dexing 蚊蟲
    Jin Taiyuan 蚊子
    Yangyuan 蚊子
    Datong 蚊子
    Xinzhou 蚊子, 蠅蚊子
    Lüliang (Lishi) 蠓子
    Changzhi 蚊子
    Linhe 蚊子
    Jining 蚊子
    Hohhot 蚊子
    Erenhot 蚊子
    Pingshan 蚊子
    Zhangjiakou 蚊子
    Handan 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Linzhou 蚊哦
    Suide 蠓子
    Northern Min Jian'ou
    Songxi
    Zhenghe 蠓仔
    Jianyang
    Wuyishan 蠓仔
    Pucheng (Shibei) 蠓仔
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 風蚊
    Fuqing
    Matsu 風蚊
    Southern Min Xiamen 蠓仔, , 蠓蟲
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 蠓仔
    Quanzhou 蠓仔, , 蠓蟲
    Jinjiang
    Yongchun 蠓囝
    Zhangzhou 蠓仔, , 蠓蟲
    Taipei 烏司蠓仔, 烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 花蠓, 烏司蠓, , 躼跤蠓
    Kaohsiung 烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓
    Yilan 烏蝛仔, , 躼跤蠓
    Changhua (Lukang) 烏蝛仔蠓, 草蠓,
    Taichung 蠓仔
    Tainan 烏蝛, 蠓仔
    Hsinchu 蠓仔
    Kinmen
    Penghu (Magong)
    Penang (Hokkien)
    Singapore (Hokkien)
    Manila (Hokkien) , 蠓仔
    Longyan
    Datian
    Shunchang (Pushang)
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 蚊仔
    Chaozhou
    Shantou
    Shantou (Chenghai)
    Jieyang
    Haifeng
    Bangkok (Teochew)
    Johor Bahru (Teochew)
    Singapore (Teochew)
    Pontianak (Teochew)
    Leizhou
    Haikou
    Singapore (Hainanese)
    Puxian Min Putian
    Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
    Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
    Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
    Xianyou
    Xianyou (Fengting)
    Xianyou (Youyang)
    Fuding (Aoyao)
    Shaojiang Min Shaowu 蚊兒
    Guangze 蜢兒
    Jiangle
    Mingxi 蚊子
    Shunchang 蚊仔
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
    Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蚊子
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 蚊蟲
    Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 長腳蚊
    Wu Shanghai 蚊子, 蚊蟲
    Shanghai (Chongming) 蚊子
    Suzhou 蚊子
    Danyang 蚊子
    Hangzhou 蚊子
    Ningbo 蚊蟲
    Wenzhou 蚊蟲
    Jinhua 蚊蟲
    Xiang Changsha 夜蚊子, 蚊子
    Xiangtan 蚊子
    Loudi 蚊子
    Shuangfeng 齧人蚊子, 蚊子
    Quanzhou 蚊蟲
    Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 長腳蚊
    Dong'an 長腳蚊子
    Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 蚊嘀
    Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 蚊哩
    Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 蚊哩
    Renhua (Zhoutian) 蚊哩
    Renhua (Shitang)
    Renhua (Songwei, Guitou)
    Lechang (Changlai)
    Lechang (Beixiang) 蚊咯, 蚊得
    Lechang (Huangpu) 蠓蟲
    Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 蠓蟲
    Lechang (Sanxi) 蠓蟲
    simp. and trad.
    alternative forms

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


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

    Dialectal synonyms of (“yuan; dollar”) [map]

    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing
    Taiwan
    Harbin
    Malaysia
    Singapore
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping)
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang
    Wanrong
    Xi'an
    Xining
    Xuzhou
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan
    Lanzhou
    Ürümqi
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu
    Wuhan
    Guiyang
    Guilin
    Liuzhou
    Nanning (Wuming)
    Shanglin (Sanli)
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing
    Yangzhou
    Hefei
    Cantonese Guangzhou , 蚊雞, 雞士, ,
    Hong Kong , 蚊雞, 雞士, , , 雞嘢
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
    Macau
    Guangzhou (Panyu)
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
    Guangzhou (Conghua)
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
    Foshan
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
    Foshan (Shunde)
    Foshan (Sanshui) 蚊雞
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蚊雞
    Zhongshan (Shiqi)
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
    Zhuhai (Doumen)
    Jiangmen (Baisha)
    Jiangmen (Xinhui)
    Taishan
    Kaiping (Chikan)
    Enping (Niujiang)
    Heshan (Yayao)
    Dongguan , 蚊雞
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
    Qingyuan
    Fogang
    Yingde (Hanguang)
    Yangshan
    Lianshan (Butian)
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
    Shaoguan
    Shaoguan (Qujiang)
    Renhua 蚊雞
    Lechang
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
    Sihui 蚊雞
    Deqing
    Huaiji
    Fengkai (Nanfeng)
    Yunfu
    Xinxing
    Luoding
    Yunan (Pingtai)
    Yangjiang ,
    Lianjiang
    Nanning
    Hepu (Lianzhou)
    Qinzhou
    Beihai
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) ,
    Penang (Guangfu)
    Singapore (Guangfu) ,
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
    Móng Cái
    Gan Nanchang
    Lichuan
    Pingxiang
    Hakka Meixian
    Xingning
    Yudu
    Miaoli (N. Sixian)
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) ,
    Hong Kong ,
    Sabah (Longchuan)
    Senai (Huiyang)
    Kuching (Hepo)
    Singkawang
    Singapore (Dabu)
    Huizhou Jixi
    Jin Taiyuan
    Xinzhou
    Northern Min Jian'ou
    Pucheng (Shibei)
    Eastern Min Fuzhou
    Fuqing
    Matsu
    Southern Min Xiamen
    Xiamen (Tong'an)
    Quanzhou
    Shishi
    Zhangzhou
    Zhao'an
    Dongshan
    Taipei
    New Taipei (Sanxia)
    Kaohsiung
    Yilan
    Changhua (Lukang)
    Taichung
    Tainan
    Hsinchu
    Kinmen
    Penghu (Magong)
    Penang (Hokkien)
    Singapore (Hokkien)
    Manila (Hokkien)
    Chaozhou , , , 個銀
    Shantou , , dated, 個銀
    Shantou (Chenghai)
    Jieyang , 個銀
    Haifeng 個銀
    Johor Bahru (Teochew)
    Singapore (Teochew) , 個銀
    Leizhou
    Wenchang ,
    Haikou 個銀,
    Qionghai
    Singapore (Hainanese)
    Puxian Min Putian
    Xianyou
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) , 蚊雞
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe)
    Wu Shanghai
    Shanghai (Chongming)
    Suzhou
    Danyang
    Hangzhou
    Wenzhou
    Jinhua
    Xiang Changsha
    Loudi
    Shuangfeng
    Quanzhou
    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)).

    1. (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. mosquito
    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.

    () (ka

    1. mosquito
    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.

    (かあ) (

    1. mosquito
    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.

    (eum (mun))

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    : Hán Nôm readings: văn, mân

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