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kind of caterpillar

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
míng
メイ、ミョウ
ずいむし
명
Components
虫 insects+ 冥 gloomy =
螟 kind of caterpillar
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
冥 Phonetic component
míng gloomy
old variant of 冥[míng]
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
螟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
螟 [míng]
boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
螟虫 [míng​chóng] #47,232
boring insect
螟虫 [míng​chóng] #47,232
boring insect
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
螟蛉 [めいれい] #232,003
hornworm
螟虫 [ずいむし] #237,637
pyralid larva
螟蛾 [めいが] #237,940
pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)
一点大螟蛾 [いってんおおめいが]
yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)
三化螟蛾 [さんかめいが]
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)
二化螟蛾 [にかめいが]
striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)
熨斗目斑螟蛾 [のしめまだらめいが]
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
稲の螟虫 [いねのずいむし]
striped stem borer larva