é
moth
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蛾
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
moth | ||
moth | ||
moth | ||
fatal attraction | ||
(fig.) beautiful woman |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋˤaj | nga | é | silkworm moth [Bombyx] |
*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ | ngjeX | yǐ | ant |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3398th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+86FE |
Shuowen | “蛾，羅也。从虫，我聲。” |
Sources
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