蟥

蟥 · huáng

leech

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
huáng
Cantonese
wong4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

leech

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟥 huáng · horse-leech

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42883.050:huáng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0496.050:huáng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
146.220:huáng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
huáng粵wong4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ オウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡光 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LITMC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5418.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1097.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
181.37 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87E5
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6230

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
蟥
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
hwang · 胡光 · 宕合一平唐匣 · #845

PHONO-ML, source line 6850; 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
1198.101
kDaeJaweon
1561.370
kHanYu
42883.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1561.370
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42883.050
kIRGKangXi
1097.150
kKangXi
1097.150
kMatthews
2303
kMorohashi
33600
kSBGY
181.37
kSMSZD2003Index
621.10
kCangjie
LITMC
kFourCornerCode
5418.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023728
kPhonetic
1458
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7328
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0C1
kIRG_JSource
J4-7775
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72BA
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D41
kIRG_TSource
T2-632D
kRSUnicode
142.12
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
F0C1
kCCCII
232C3C
kCNS1986
2-632D
kCNS1992
2-632D
kEACC
4D2C3C
kGB0
8308
kGB1
8308
kJIS0213
2,87,85
kMainlandTelegraph
2434
kTGH
2013:6230
kXerox
321:134
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18626+142.6.12 C+18626+201.12.6
kCantonese
wong4
kDefinition
leech
kFanqie
胡光
kHanyuPinyin
42883.050:huáng
kJapanese
コウ オウ
kMandarin
huáng
kSMSZD2003Readings
huáng粵wong4
kTGHZ2013
146.220:huáng
kXHC1983
0496.050:huáng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蟥0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 黄 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰虫黄$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫黄$(G)

^⿰虫黃$(HTJKP)

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