蠓

蠓 · měng

midges; sandflies

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
měng
Cantonese
mung5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

midges; sandflies

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠓 měng · midge

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42895.140:měng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0778.130:měng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
249.050:měng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
měng粵mung5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ ム モウ みみず Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
mòng mông mống Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫紅 莫孔 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LITBO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5413.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1100.460 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
029.31 236.06 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1181e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8813
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6391

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
蠓
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
muwng · 莫紅 · 通開一平東明 · #23
Middle Chinese
muwngX · 莫孔 · 通開一上東明 · #1158

PHONO-ML, source line 221; 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
1200.203
kDaeJaweon
1564.310
kFennIndex
337.05
kGSR
1181e
kHanYu
42895.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1564.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42895.140
kIRGKangXi
1100.460
kKangXi
1100.460
kMatthews
4445
kMeyerWempe
1923f
kMorohashi
33745:E0102
kSBGY
029.31 236.06
kSMSZD2003Index
623.02
kCangjie
LITBO
kFenn
289H
kFourCornerCode
5413.2
kMojiJoho
MJ023788 MJ023788:E0101 MJ023789:E0102
kPhonetic
935
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7337
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F4C8
kIRG_JSource
J14-777D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72DE
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D5F
kIRG_TSource
T2-6974
kIRG_VSource
V0-4345
kRSUnicode
142.14
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F4C8
kCCCII
232C6A
kCNS1986
2-6974
kCNS1992
2-6974
kEACC
232C6A
kGB0
8323
kGB1
8323
kJIS0213
2,87,93
kJis1
5981
kMainlandTelegraph
5817
kTGH
2013:6391
kTaiwanTelegraph
9161
kXerox
306:276
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18629+142.6.13
kCantonese
mung5
kDefinition
midges; sandflies
kFanqie
莫紅 莫孔
kHanyuPinyin
42895.140:měng
kJapanese
ボウ ム モウ みみず
kJapaneseKun
KATSUOMUSHI
kJapaneseOn
BOU MU
kMandarin
měng
kSMSZD2003Readings
měng粵mung5
kTGHZ2013
249.050:měng
kVietnamese
mòng mông mống
kXHC1983
0778.130:měng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蠓0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
虫 beside 蒙 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰虫蒙$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫蒙$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.