蚋

蚋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人月 (LIOB), four-corner 5412₇, composition ⿰虫内)

1. gnat, mosquito

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32850
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2838, character 14
• Unihan data for U+868B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

蚋

1. black fly (small biting fly in family Simuliidae)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. blackfly

• Go-on: ね (ne)、ねい (nei)
• Kan-on: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: か (ka)、ぶよ (buyo, 蚋)、ぶゆ (buyu, 蚋)、ぶと (buto, 蚋)

• (Tokyo) ぶゆ [búꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟jɯ̟]

蚋(ぶゆ) or 蚋(ブユ) • (buyu)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

The standard Japanese name.^[2]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブユ (buyu).

• (Tokyo) ぶよ [búꜜyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟jo̞]

蚋(ぶよ) or 蚋(ブヨ) • (buyo)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)
   • 1920, 島崎藤村, ふるさと‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     蚋(ぶよ)は人(ひと)をも馬(うま)をも刺(さ)します。あの長(なが)くて丈夫(ぢやうぶ)な馬(うま)の尻尾(しつぽ)の房々(ふさ／＼)とした毛(け)は、蚋(ぶよ)を追(お)ひ拂(はら)ふのに役(やく)に立(た)つのです。

     Buyo wa hito o mo uma o mo sashimasu. Ano nagakute jōbu na uma no shippo no fusafusa to shita ke wa, buyo o oiharau no ni yaku ni tatsu no desu.

     Blackflies bite both people and horses. The long, strong, and bushy hair on horses’ tails is helpful in driving away blackflies.

Used in eastern Japan.^[2]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブヨ (buyo).

• (Tokyo) ぶと [búꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟to̞]

蚋(ぶと) or 蚋(ブト) • (buto)  (counter 匹)

1. blackfly (fly of the family Simuliidae)

Used in western Japan.^[2]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブト (buto).

蚋 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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