蟊

蟊 · máo

grain-eating grub

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
máo
Cantonese
maau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

grain-eating grub

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟊 máo · Spanish fly; grain-eating grub

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42888.130:máo,méng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0769.020:máo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
244.140:máo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
máo粵maau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ ミョウ ム マ モ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
모:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫浮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NHLII Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1713.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1096.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
211.46 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1109n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87CA
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6307

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
蟊
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
mjuw · 莫浮 · 流開三平尤明 · #1016

PHONO-ML, source line 8087; 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
1197.407
kDaeJaweon
1560.310
kGSR
1109n
kHanYu
42888.130
kIRGDaeJaweon
1560.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42888.130
kIRGKangXi
1096.130
kKangXi
1096.130
kMatthews
4365
kMeyerWempe
1757a
kMorohashi
33549
kSBGY
211.46
kSMSZD2003Index
620.06 466.07
kCangjie
NHLII
kFourCornerCode
1713.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023698
kPhonetic
869
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7331
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE69
kIRG_JSource
J1-5B55
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-726C
kIRG_KSource
K1-6055
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F37
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE69
kCCCII
232B68
kCNS1986
2-5F37
kCNS1992
2-5F37
kEACC
2F2A73
kGB0
8317
kGB1
8317
kJis1
5953
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5833
kTGH
2013:6307
kTaiwanTelegraph
5833
kXerox
277:076
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22445+142.6.11
kCantonese
maau4
kDefinition
grain-eating grub
kFanqie
莫浮
kHangul
모:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42888.130:máo,méng
kJapanese
ボウ ミョウ ム マ モ
kJapaneseKun
NEKIRIMUSHI
kJapaneseOn
BOU MU
kKorean
MO
kMandarin
máo
kSMSZD2003Readings
máo粵maau4
kTGHZ2013
244.140:máo
kXHC1983
0769.020:máo
kSemanticVariant
U+8765<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蟊0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱矛䖵$(GHTJKP)

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