Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
wén
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
wén

Definitions by reading

bhung1
Mandarin equivalent wén
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng bhund1 Chenghai bhung1 Jieyang bhung1 Raoping bhung1 Shantou bhung1
蚊子,昆虫名。幼虫称孑孓,雌蚊吸人、畜血液,有的传播疾病。
bhung1
Mandarin equivalent wén
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng bhund1 Chenghai bhung1 Jieyang bhung1 Raoping bhung1 Shantou bhung1
<潮>特指与蚊子不同的另一种昆虫,如小咬等。

English meaning

mosquito; gnat

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 三等 口 文韵 平声 無分切
Reconstruction:
Original

上同。

2
明母 三等 口 文韵 平声 無分切
Reconstruction:
Original

爾雅曰:鷏蟁母,郭璞云:似烏𪇰而大,黃白雜文,鳴如鴿,今江東呼爲蚊母,俗說此鳥常吐蚊因名云,說文曰:齧人飛蟲也。