螞

See also: 蚂

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)

1. ant
2. leech

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

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Chinese

trad.		螞
simp.		蚂

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎ (ma³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má / bé / bée

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa⁵
    • Yale: máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má
    • Tâi-lô: má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé
    • Tâi-lô: bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée
    • Tâi-lô: bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³/

Note:

• má - literary;
• bé/bée - vernacular.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 螞

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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

(deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) 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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

螞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ば (ba), め (me)

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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