See also:
U+879E, 螞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879E

[U+879D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+879F]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸手火 (LISQF), four-corner 51127, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+879E

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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Traditionally thought to be the same word as (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”).

Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (insect).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • má - literary;
  • bé/bée - vernacular.

Definitions

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  1. A prefix used in insect names.

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 螞蚱蚂蚱 (màzha).

Pronunciation 3

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  1. Only used in 螞螂蚂螂 (mālang).

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (me)
  • Kan-on: (ba)
  • Kan’yō-on: (ma)

Korean

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Hanja

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(ma) (hangeul , revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

  1. (거머리) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Synonyms

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  • (마, ma)
  • (황, hwang)
  • 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
  • 馬蛭 (마질, majil) lit. horse leech

Compounds

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