蛾
Parts that make up 蛾
How 蛾 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 蛾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 我.
Korean example words with 蛾
- 비아飛蛾 Korean gloss: 날아다니는 나방. 밤나방이나 독나방 따위를 이른다
- 아미蛾眉 Korean gloss: 누에나방의 눈썹이라는 뜻으로, 가늘고 길게 굽어진 아름다운 눈썹을 이르는 말. 미인의 눈썹을 이른다
- 유아등誘蛾燈 Korean gloss: 나방 따위의 해충의 피해를 막기 위하여 논밭에 켜는 등불. 벌레가 날아들어 타 죽거나, 등 밑에 있는 물그릇에 빠져 죽게 한다
- 아류蛾類 Korean gloss: 나비목의 한 아목.
- 모아母蛾 Korean gloss: 알을 스는 암누에나방.
- 폐아廢蛾 Korean gloss: 못 쓰게 된 누에나방.
- 회아灰蛾 Korean gloss: 잿빛을 띤 참나무누에나비.
- 적아赤蛾 Korean gloss: 붉은 갈색을 띤 산누에나방.
- 급아急蛾 Korean gloss: 편도가 갑자기 부어 오르는 병.
- 단아單蛾 Korean gloss: 열이 나며 한쪽의 편도가 붓는 병.
- 명아螟蛾 Korean gloss: 명나방과의 곤충을 통틀어 이르는 말.
- 척아尺蛾 Korean gloss: 자나방과의 곤충을 통틀어 이르는 말.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 蛾
- 蛾が moth
- 螟蛾めいが pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)
- 毒蛾どくが poisonous moth
- 衣蛾いが Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
- 尺蛾しゃくが geometer moth; geometrid
- 蚕蛾かいこが silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
- 雀蛾すずめが hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth
- 夜蛾やが owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
- 刺蛾いらが Monema flavescens (species of slug moth)
- 虎蛾とらが Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)
- 巴蛾ともえが Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)
- 蛾眉がび delicate eyebrows; shapely eyebrows; beautiful woman
Characters sharing the phonetic 我
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “아” in Korean.
Other hanja read “아”
Other hanja with radical 虫
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences