蝥

蝥 · máo

Chinese blister beetle; Spanish fly

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
máo
Cantonese
maau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Chinese blister beetle; Spanish fly

Dictionary definitions & readings

蝥 máo · variant of 蟊 máo

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42875.020:máo,wú,wù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0769.030:máo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
244.130:máo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
máo粵maau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ ミョウ ム ブ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
모:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
武夫 莫交 莫浮 亡遇 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NKLMI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1813.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1090.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
073.12 153.10 211.45 365.47 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1109m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8765
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6020

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

15 strokes
蝥
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 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
mju · 武夫 · 遇合三平虞明 · #252
Middle Chinese
maew · 莫交 · 效開二平肴明 · #692
Middle Chinese
mjuw · 莫浮 · 流開三平尤明 · #1016
Middle Chinese
mjuH · 亡遇 · 遇合三去虞明 · #2328

PHONO-ML, source line 2146; 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
1193.603
kDaeJaweon
1556.080
kGSR
1109m
kHanYu
42875.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1556.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42875.020
kIRGKangXi
1090.110
kKangXi
1090.110
kMatthews
4365
kMeyerWempe
1757a
kMorohashi
33294
kSBGY
073.12 153.10 211.45 365.47
kSMSZD2003Index
617.03
kCangjie
NKLMI
kFourCornerCode
1813.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023586
kPhonetic
917
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-727A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E7BA
kIRG_JSource
J14-7761
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-71FA
kIRG_KSource
K1-6054
kIRG_TSource
T2-5423
kRSUnicode
142.9
kTotalStrokes
15
kBigFive
E7BA
kCCCII
232A73
kCNS1986
2-5423
kCNS1992
2-5423
kEACC
232A73
kGB0
8290
kGB1
8290
kJIS0213
2,87,65
kJis1
5919
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5801
kTGH
2013:6020
kTaiwanTelegraph
5801
kXerox
306:257
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18607+142.6.9
kCantonese
maau4
kDefinition
Chinese blister beetle; Spanish fly
kFanqie
武夫 莫交 莫浮 亡遇
kHangul
모:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42875.020:máo,wú,wù
kJapanese
ボウ ミョウ ム ブ
kJapaneseOn
BOU MU MEU BU
kKorean
MO
kMandarin
máo
kSMSZD2003Readings
máo粵maau4
kTGHZ2013
244.130:máo
kTang
mau
kXHC1983
0769.030:máo
kSemanticVariant
U+87CA<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蝥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敄虫$(GHTJKP)

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