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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33428
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 4
• Unihan data for U+879E

Chinese

trad.		螞
simp.		蚂

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : 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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǎ (ma³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ma³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): ma³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ma¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ma²
• Eastern Min (BUC): mā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má / bé / bée
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mo
• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): ma³

  (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ma³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ma³
    • Yale: mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ma³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: maa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa⁵
    • Yale: máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ma⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ma²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ma⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³/
• Southern Min
  • (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.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo
    • MiniDict: mo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma̠⁴¹/
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³³/

Definitions

螞

1. ^† A prefix used in insect names.

Compounds

• 螞蜂 / 蚂蜂 (mǎfēng)
• 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mà
    • Wade–Giles: ma⁴
    • Yale: mà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mah
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa⁶
    • Yale: mah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²²/

Definitions

螞

1. Only used in 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mā, mǎ (ma¹, ma³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ma
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹
    • Yale: mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ma³
    • Yale: mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa¹
    • Yale: mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵/

Definitions

螞

1. Only used in 螞螂／蚂螂 (mālang).

References

• “螞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

螞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: め (me)
• Kan-on: ば (ba)
• Kan’yō-on: ま (ma)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. (말거머리) 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