mǎngméng

(non-classical form of U+8771 虻) a gadfly

Evolution

䖟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䖟 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
䖟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

mǎng

(non-classical form of U+8771 ) a gadfly

 

méng

old variant of [méng]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤraŋ

maeng

méng

horsefly


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+459F

Shuowen

“蝱,齧人飛蟲。从,亡聲。”


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