See also: and
U+8805, 蠅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8805

[U+8804]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8806]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口難山 (LIRXU), four-corner 56116, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33690
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8805

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *b·lɯŋ): semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mrəŋ (fly; bee). Compare (OC mˁraŋ, “horsefly”), Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, bee), Japhug ɣʑo (bee) (STEDT; Coblin, 1986; Benedict, 1972; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).

Schuessler (2007) reconstructs "minimal" Old Chinese *ləŋ or *jəŋ:

  • *ləŋ can result from the sound law *l- < *ml- < *m-r- proposed by Baxter & Sagart (2014) and is compatible with the fact that this word is in the  / phonetic series, as well as with the Min reflexes.
  • *jəŋ instead is potentially comparable to Burmese ယင် (yang, fly), Chepang याङ् (insect; fly), yet this reconstruction and its etymology cannot be maintained due to its incompatibility with aforesaid internal Chinese evidence.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sìng - vernacular;
  • ìng - literary.
Note:
  • sîn - vernacular;
  • êng - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiŋ/
Li
Rong
/iəŋ/
Wang
Li
/jĭəŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jing4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ying ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-rəŋ/
English fly (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9171
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*b·lɯŋ/

Definitions

  1. fly; housefly

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 以冰致蠅 / 以冰致蝇
  • 以肉驅蠅 / 以肉驱蝇
  • 以魚敺蠅 / 以鱼驱蝇
  • 以魚驅蠅 / 以鱼驱蝇
  • 多蠅 / 多蝇
  • 如蠅逐臭 / 如蝇逐臭
  • 如蠅附羶 / 如蝇附羶
  • 家蠅 / 家蝇 (jiāyíng)
  • 寄生蠅 / 寄生蝇
  • 寒蠅 / 寒蝇
  • 捕蠅紙 / 捕蝇纸 (bǔyíngzhǐ)
  • 捕蠅草 / 捕蝇草 (bǔyíngcǎo)
  • 果蠅 / 果蝇 (guǒyíng)
  • 沒頭蒼蠅 / 没头苍蝇
  • 烏蠅 / 乌蝇
  • 無頭蒼蠅 / 无头苍蝇
  • 營蠅斐錦 / 营蝇斐锦
  • 牛蠅 / 牛蝇 (niúyíng)
  • 狗苟蠅營 / 狗苟蝇营
  • 狗蠅 / 狗蝇
  • 狗蠅梅 / 狗蝇梅
  • 狗蠅鬍子 / 狗蝇胡子
  • 獵蠅 / 猎蝇
  • 甘蠅 / 甘蝇
  • 癡蠅 / 痴蝇
  • 白璧青蠅 / 白璧青蝇
  • 眼蠅 / 眼蝇 (yǎnyíng)
  • 筆上蠅 / 笔上蝇
  • 紅頭蠅 / 红头蝇
  • 綠豆蠅 / 绿豆蝇
  • 胡蠅 / 胡蝇
  • 臭肉來蠅 / 臭肉来蝇
  • 茹魚去蠅 / 茹鱼去蝇
  • 落筆點蠅 / 落笔点蝇
  • 蒲蠅 / 蒲蝇
  • 蒼蠅 / 苍蝇
  • 蒼蠅拍子 / 苍蝇拍子
  • 蒼蠅紙 / 苍蝇纸 (cāngyingzhǐ)
  • 蒼蠅見血 / 苍蝇见血
  • 蒼蠅附驥尾而致千里 / 苍蝇附骥尾而致千里 (cāngying fù jì wěi ér zhì qiānlǐ)
  • 蕈蠅 / 蕈蝇
  • 虻蠅 / 虻蝇
  • 蚊蠅 / 蚊蝇 (wényíng)
  • 蛆蠅 / 蛆蝇
  • 蝸利蠅名 / 蜗利蝇名
  • 蝸名蠅利 / 蜗名蝇利
  • 蝨蠅 / 虱蝇
  • 蝸角蠅頭 / 蜗角蝇头
  • 螫蠅 / 螫蝇
  • 蠅利 / 蝇利
  • 蠅利蝸名 / 蝇利蜗名
  • 蠅刷 / 蝇刷
  • 蠅名蝸利 / 蝇名蜗利
  • 蠅子 / 蝇子 (yíngzi)
  • 蠅帚子 / 蝇帚子
  • 蠅拂 / 蝇拂
  • 蠅拂子 / 蝇拂子
  • 蠅攢蟻聚 / 蝇攒蚁聚
  • 蠅攢蟻附 / 蝇攒蚁附
  • 蠅棲筆 / 蝇栖笔
  • 蠅止 / 蝇止
  • 蠅營 / 蝇营
  • 蠅營狗苟 / 蝇营狗苟 (yíngyínggǒugǒu)
  • 蠅營蟻聚 / 蝇营蚁聚
  • 蠅營蟻附 / 蝇营蚁附
  • 蠅營鼠窺 / 蝇营鼠窥
  • 蠅狐 / 蝇狐
  • 蠅甩 / 蝇甩
  • 蠅甩子 / 蝇甩子
  • 蠅矢 / 蝇矢
  • 蠅糞點玉 / 蝇粪点玉
  • 蠅級 / 蝇级
  • 蠅聲 / 蝇声
  • 蠅聲蚓竅 / 蝇声蚓窍
  • 蠅聲蛙噪 / 蝇声蛙噪
  • 蠅虎 / 蝇虎 (yínghǔ)
  • 蠅虻 / 蝇虻
  • 蠅蚋 / 蝇蚋
  • 蠅蛆 / 蝇蛆 (yíngqū)
  • 蠅蛆病 / 蝇蛆病 (yíngqūbìng)
  • 蠅蝗 / 蝇蝗
  • 蠅蟲 / 蝇虫
  • 蠅蠅 / 蝇蝇
  • 蠅豹 / 蝇豹
  • 蟻附蠅集 / 蚁附蝇集
  • 蠅附驥尾而致千里 / 蝇附骥尾而致千里 (yíng fù jì wěi ér zhì qiānlǐ)
  • 蠅隨驥尾 / 蝇随骥尾
  • 蠅集蟻附 / 蝇集蚁附
  • 蠅頭 / 蝇头 (yíngtóu)
  • 蠅頭利 / 蝇头利
  • 蠅頭字 / 蝇头字
  • 蠅頭小利 / 蝇头小利 (yíngtóuxiǎolì)
  • 蠅頭小字 / 蝇头小字
  • 蠅頭小楷 / 蝇头小楷
  • 蠅頭微利 / 蝇头微利
  • 蠅頭本 / 蝇头本
  • 蠅頭楷 / 蝇头楷
  • 蠅頭楷書 / 蝇头楷书
  • 蠅頭細字 / 蝇头细字
  • 蠅頭細書 / 蝇头细书
  • 蠅頭蚊腳 / 蝇头蚊脚
  • 蠅頭蝸角 / 蝇头蜗角
  • 蠅飛蟻聚 / 蝇飞蚁聚
  • 蠅點 / 蝇点
  • 蠅黽 / 蝇黾
  • 蠶蛆蠅 / 蚕蛆蝇
  • 託驥之蠅 / 托骥之蝇
  • 讒蠅 / 谗蝇
  • 鑽紙蠅 / 钻纸蝇
  • 附驥蠅 / 附骥蝇
  • 青蠅 / 青蝇
  • 青蠅弔客 / 青蝇吊客
  • 青蠅染白 / 青蝇染白
  • 青蠅點玉 / 青蝇点玉
  • 青蠅點璧 / 青蝇点璧
  • 青蠅點素 / 青蝇点素
  • 飛蠅垂珠 / 飞蝇垂珠
  • 馬蠅 / 马蝇
  • 麻蠅 / 麻蝇
  • 麻蠅拂 / 麻蝇拂

Descendants

  • Vietnamese: lằng
  • ? Vietnamese: nhặng

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

Print
standard

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

Readings

  • Go-on: よう ()
  • Kan-on: よう ()
  • Kun: はえ (hae, )

Noun

Kanji in this term
はえ > はい
Hyōgai
irregular
Kanji in this term
はえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(はえ) or (ハエ) • (haeはへ (fafe)?
(alternative reading hiragana はい, rōmaji hai, historical hiragana はひ)

  1. Kyūjitai form of (fly) (insect of the family Muscidae)

Korean

Hanja

(eum (seung))

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