螟

螟 · míng

snout moth's larva

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
míng
Cantonese
ming4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

snout moth's larva

Dictionary definitions & readings

螟 míng · boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42881.130:míng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0793.050:míng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
255.050:míng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
míng粵ming4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
メイ ミョウ ずいむし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
명:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫經 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIBAC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5718.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1093.410 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
197.32 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0841d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+879F
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6103

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
螟
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
meng · 莫經 · 梗開四平青明 · #942

PHONO-ML, source line 7528; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1195.305
kCowles
2693
kDaeJaweon
1558.290
kGSR
0841d
kHanYu
42881.130
kIRGDaeJaweon
1558.290
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42881.130
kIRGKangXi
1093.410
kKangXi
1093.410
kLau
2146
kMatthews
4533
kMeyerWempe
1818
kMorohashi
33429
kNelson
4175
kSBGY
197.32
kSMSZD2003Index
618.13
kCangjie
LIBAC
kFourCornerCode
5718.0
kHKGlyph
3637
kMojiJoho
MJ023651
kPhonetic
902
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4378
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BFC1
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A26
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DAFA
kIRG_KSource
K0-592D
kIRG_TSource
T1-722B
kRSUnicode
142.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BFC1
kCCCII
215727
kCNS1986
1-722B
kCNS1992
1-722B
kEACC
215727
kGB0
3588
kGB1
3588
kJis0
7406
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5820
kTGH
2013:6103
kTaiwanTelegraph
5820
kXerox
260:152
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6539+142.6.10
kCantonese
ming4
kDefinition
snout moth's larva
kFanqie
莫經
kHangul
명:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42881.130:míng
kJapanese
メイ ミョウ ずいむし
kJapaneseKun
ZUIMUSHI
kJapaneseOn
MEI MYOU BEI
kKorean
MYENG
kMandarin
míng
kSMSZD2003Readings
míng粵ming4
kTGHZ2013
255.050:míng
kXHC1983
0793.050:míng

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
虫 beside 冥 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫冥$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫冥$(GHTJKP)

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