Hanja Analyzer
蛾

蛾 — a

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
누에나방 아
Romanization
a
English
moth
Mandarin
é
Japanese on'yomi
ガ, ギ, チ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひむし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
虫 (142, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
我(아)
Unicode
U+86FE

Parts that make up 蛾

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 我 나 아sound 톱니 달린 창나. ‘아’ 계열의 소리

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

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