螞

See also: 蚂

螞	U+879E, 螞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879E

← 螝
[U+879D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螟 →
[U+879F]

Translingual

Han character

螞 (radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈尸手火 (LISQF), four-corner 5112₇, composition ⿰虫馬)

References

KangXi: page 1093, character 40
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33428
Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2876, character 4
Unihan data for U+879E

Chinese

trad.		螞
simp.		蚂

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).

Etymology

Traditionally thought to be the same word as 馬 (OC *mraːʔ, “horse > big”).

Mei (1985) proposes that it is derived from 蝱 (OC *mraːŋ, “horsefly”), which he relates to Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎ (ma³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): má / bé / bée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵
  - Yale: máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má
  - Tâi-lô: má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé
  - Tâi-lô: bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bea
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée
  - Tâi-lô: bée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³/

Note:

má - literary;
bé/bée - vernacular.

Definitions

螞

^† A prefix used in insect names.

Compounds

螞蜂／蚂蜂
螞蟥／蚂蟥 (mǎhuáng)

螞蟻／蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ)
螞蟻啃骨頭／蚂蚁啃骨头

螞蟻搬泰山／蚂蚁搬泰山

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mà (ma⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ma⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mah
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁶
  - Yale: mah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː²²/

Definitions

螞

Only used in 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha).

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mā, mǎ (ma¹, ma³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: mā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: ma¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa¹
  - Yale: mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː⁵⁵/

Definitions

螞

Only used in 螞螂／蚂螂 (māláng).

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

螞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: め (me)
Kan’on: ば (ba)
Kan’yōon: ま (ma)

Korean

Hanja

螞 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

(말 거머리) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Synonyms

螞 (마, ma)
蟥 (황, hwang)

螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
馬蛭 (마질, majil) lit. horse leech

Compounds

螞蟥 (마황, mahwang) horse-leech

Related terms

蛭 (질, jil) common leech

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