Radical
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Mandarin
míng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
10 strokes
Strokes
16 strokes
Mandarin
míng

Definitions by reading

mêng5
Mandarin equivalent míng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mêng5 Chaoyang mêng5 Chenghai mêng5 Jieyang mêng5 Raoping mêng5 Shantou mêng5
螟虫,螟蛾的幼虫。螟蛉,一种绿色小虫,引申指义子。抱养的孩子,也叫“螟蛉子”
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 四等 口 青韵 平声 莫經切
Reconstruction:
Original

螟蛉桑蟲,說文曰:蟲食穀葉者,吏冥冥犯法即生螟。