蝿

蝿 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈田中山 (LIWLU), composition ⿰虫⿱田电)

1. flies

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1092, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2869, character 15
• Unihan data for U+877F

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠅)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 蠅

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: はえ (hae, 蝿)^{←はへ (fafe, 蝿, historical)}

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *papay. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

• Audio:

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蝿(はえ) or 蝿(ハエ) • (hae) ^{←はへ (fafe)?} (counter 匹)
(alternative reading hiragana はい, rōmaji hai, historical hiragana はひ)

1. a fly
2. (especially) insects of the family Muscidae
   • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “チェンジ [Change]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 160:

     ビールにハエは入(はい)ってませんでしたか？

     Bīru ni hae wa haittemasen deshita ka?

     There weren’t any flies in the beer, were there, sir?

     あ、はい。

     A, hai.

     Uh, no.

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