míng
kind of caterpillar
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
míng
kind of caterpillar, larva; boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5188th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+879F |
Shuowen | “螟，蟲食穀葉者。吏冥冥犯法即生螟。从虫，从冥。冥亦聲。” |
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