| Stroke order |
|---|
 |
蟻 (Kangxi radical 142,虫+13, 19 strokes,cangjie input中戈廿土戈 (LITGI),four-corner58153,composition⿰虫義)
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 1099, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33672
- Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 11
- Unihan data for U+87FB
| Old Chinese |
|---|
| 莪 | *ŋaːl |
| 哦 | *ŋaːl |
| 娥 | *ŋaːl |
| 峨 | *ŋaːl |
| 峩 | *ŋaːl |
| 鵝 | *ŋaːl |
| 俄 | *ŋaːl |
| 蛾 | *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ |
| 睋 | *ŋaːl |
| 涐 | *ŋaːl |
| 誐 | *ŋaːl |
| 硪 | *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ |
| 我 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 騀 | *ŋaːlʔ |
| 餓 | *ŋaːls |
| 義 | *ŋrals |
| 儀 | *ŋral |
| 轙 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 檥 | *ŋral, *ŋralʔ |
| 蟻 | *ŋralʔ |
| 艤 | *ŋralʔ |
| 礒 | *ŋralʔ |
| 羛 | *ŋralʔ, *hŋral |
| 議 | *ŋrals |
| 犧 | *hŋral |
| 曦 | *hŋral |
| 羲 | *hŋral |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*ŋralʔ): semantic 虫(“insect”) + phonetic 義(OC*ŋrals).
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*C-roq.
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin):yǐ (yi3)
- (Zhuyin):ㄧˇ
- (Chengdu,Sichuanese Pinyin):yi2
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong,Jyutping):ngai5
- (Taishan,Wiktionary):ngai2
- Hakka
- (Sixian,PFS):ngie
- (Hailu,HRS):ngieˇ
- (Meixian,Guangdong):ni1 / ngi4
- Jin(Wiktionary):i2
- Northern Min(KCR):ngṳè
- Eastern Min(BUC):ngiê
- Puxian Min(Pouseng Ping'ing):hyor5 / hoe5 / hua5 / hya5 / hia5 / gi3
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien,POJ):hiā /hiǎ /gí
- (Teochew,Peng'im):hia6
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin):hia6 / ngi6
- Wu(Shanghai,Wugniu):6gni
- Xiang(Changsha,Wiktionary):nyi5 / nyi4
Note:
- Meixian:
- ni1 - vernacular;
- ngi4 - literary.
Note:
- hyor5/hoe5/hua5/hya5/hia5 - vernacular;
- gi3 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Zhangzhou,Yongchun,Taipei,Kaohsiung,Tainan,Sanxia,Yilan,Kinmen,Magong,Hsinchu,Taichung,Singapore)
- (Hokkien:Quanzhou,Lukang,Philippines)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,GeneralTaiwanese)
Note:
- hiā/hiǎ - vernacular;
- gí - literary.
Note:
- hia6 - vernacular;
- ngi6 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
|---|
| Character | 蟻 |
|---|
| Reading # | 1/1 |
|---|
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐ |
|---|
Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjeX › |
|---|
Old Chinese | /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/ |
|---|
| English | ant |
|---|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
|---|
| Character | 蟻 |
|---|
| Reading # | 1/1 |
|---|
| No. | 13049 |
|---|
Phonetic component | 我 |
|---|
Rime group | 歌 |
|---|
Rime subdivision | 1 |
|---|
Corresponding MC rime | 螘 |
|---|
Old Chinese | /*ŋralʔ/ |
|---|
| Notes | 同螘本作蛾此見孫子 |
|---|
蟻
- ant(Classifier:隻/只c)
- (literary)foam orsediment in wine;lees
- (literary)humble;inconsiderable
- (literary)black
- (literary) in anassembled manner
- asurname
Dialectal synonyms of
螞蟻 (“ant”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|
| Classical Chinese | 蟻,螞蟻 |
|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Taiwan | 螞蟻 |
| Chengde | 螞蟻 |
| Ulanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Tongliao | 螞蟻 |
| Chifeng | 螞蟻 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 螞蟻 |
| Heihe | 螞蟻 |
| Qiqihar | 螞蟻 |
| Harbin | 螞蟻 |
| Jiamusi | 螞蟻 |
| Baicheng | 螞蟻 |
| Changchun | 螞蟻 |
| Tonghua | 螞蟻 |
| Shenyang | 螞蟻 |
| Jinzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Malaysia | 螞蟻 |
| Singapore | 螞蟻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Tangshan | 螞蟻,垤蜉 |
| Cangzhou | 螞蟻,米蛘 |
| Baoding | 蚍蜉 |
| Shijiazhuang | 螞蟻 |
| Lijin | 米蛘 |
| Jinan | 螞蟻,米蛘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Dandong | 螞蟻,螞蟣蛘子 |
| Yantai | 螞蟣蛘子 |
| Yantai(Muping) | 蟣螞蛘子,螞蟣蛘子 |
| Weihai | 蟻 |
| Qingdao | 螞蟻蛘 |
| Zhucheng | 螞蟻蛘,蟻蛘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Lingbao | 螞蟻 |
| Jining | 螞蟻 |
| Wanrong | 螞螞蚍蜉 |
| Linfen | 螞螞蟲兒 |
| Shangqiu | 螞蟻 |
| Yuanyang | 螞蟻 |
| Zhengzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Xinyang | 螞蟻 |
| Baihe | 螞蟻 |
| Xi'an | 螞蟻,蚍蜉螞 |
| Baoji | 螞蟻 |
| Tianshui | 蚍蜉螞螞 |
| Xining | 螞蟻,螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Xuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Fuyang | 螞蟻 |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 螞蟻 |
| Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) | 螞蟻蟲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Bayanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Lanzhou | 螞蟻,螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Dunhuang | 螞蟻 |
| Hami | 螞蟻 |
| Ürümqi | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螞蟻兒,螞蟻子 |
|---|
| Chengdu(Xindu) | 螞蟻兒 |
| Chengdu(Pidu) | 螞蟻兒,螞蟻子 |
| Chengdu(Wenjiang) | 螞蟻兒,螞蟻子 |
| Chengdu(Shuangliu) | 螞蟻兒 |
| Chengdu(Xinjin) | 螞蟻子 |
| Jintang | 螞蟻兒 |
| Pengzhou | 螞蟻兒 |
| Dujiangyan | 螞蟻兒,螞蟻子 |
| Chongzhou | 螞蟻兒 |
| Dayi | 螞蟻子 |
| Pujiang | 螞蟻子 |
| Qionglai | 螞蟻子 |
| Nanchong | 螞蟻 |
| Dazhou | 螞蟻 |
| Hanyuan | 螞蟻子 |
| Xichang | 螞蟻 |
| Zigong | 螞蟻 |
| Chongqing | 螞蟻子,螞英子 |
| Wuhan | 螞蟻,螞印子,螞燕子 |
| Yichang | 螞蟻 |
| Xiangyang | 螞蟻 |
| Tianmen | 螞蟻,螞蜒子 |
| Guiyang | 螞蟻 |
| Zunyi | 螞蟻子 |
| Bijie | 螞蟻 |
| Liping | 螞蟻 |
| Zhaotong | 螞蟻子 |
| Dali | 螞蟻 |
| Kunming | 螞蟻 |
| Mengzi | 螞蟻 |
| Guilin | 螞蟻 |
| Liuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Jishou | 螞娘子 |
| Changde | 螞蟻 |
| Hanzhong | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Yangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Lianyungang | 螞蟻 |
| Lianshui | 螞蟻 |
| Nantong | 螞蟻,螞米 |
| Anqing | 螞蟻 |
| Wuhu | 螞蟻子 |
| Hefei | 螞蟻 |
| Hong'an | 螞蟻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟻 |
|---|
| Hong Kong | 蟻,螞蟻 |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 蟻 |
| Macau | 蟻 |
| Taishan | 蟻 |
| Dongguan | 蟻 |
| Yangjiang | 蟻 |
| Xinyi | 蟻 |
| Wuchuan(Wuyang) | 蟻 |
| Beihai | 蟻仔 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蟻 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟻 |
| Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) | 蟻 |
| Danzhou | 蟻仔 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Penang(Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Móng Cái | 蟻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螞蟻,螞印子 |
|---|
| Lichuan | 螞蟻 |
| Pingxiang | 螞蟻子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟻公,蟻仔 |
|---|
| Xingning | 咪公 |
| Huiyang | 蟻子 |
| Huidong(Daling) | 蟻 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 蟻 |
| Wuhua(Huacheng) | 蟻公 |
| Heyuan(Bendihua) | 蟻 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 蟻公 |
| Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) | 蟻公 |
| Liannan | 蟻公 |
| Jiexi | 蟻公 |
| Luhe | 蟻仔 |
| Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) | 蟻子 |
| Changting | 蟻公 |
| Wuping | 蟻公 |
| Wuping(Yanqian) | 蟻公 |
| Wuping(Pingyu) | 蟻公 |
| Liancheng | 蟻公 |
| Ninghua | 蟻公,蟻子 |
| Yudu | 螞蟻 |
| Ningdu | 蟻公 |
| Ruijin | 蟻公子,螞蟻 |
| Shicheng | 蟻公 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 螞蟻 |
| Tonggu(Sandu) | 蟻公 |
| Ganzhou(Panlong) | 螞蟻 |
| Dayu | 螞蟻 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟻公 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟻公 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 蟻仔,蟻公 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟻子 |
| Hong Kong | 蟻公,蟻子 |
| Mengshan(Xihe) | 蟻公 |
| Luchuan | 蟻 |
| Sabah(Longchuan) | 螞蟻,蟻公 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 蟻 |
| Singkawang | 蟻,蟻公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Shexian | 螞蟻 |
| Huangshan(Tunxi) | 螞蟻 |
| Xiuning | 螞蟻 |
| Qimen | 螞蟻 |
| Wuyuan | 螞蟻 |
| Fuliang | 螞蟻 |
| Dexing | 螞蟻 |
| Jingde | 王眼的 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螞蚍蜉,螞蚍蜉兒,螞蟻 |
|---|
| Pingyao | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Yangyuan | 螞蚍蜉子 |
| Datong | 螞螞蚍蜉兒 |
| Xinzhou | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Lüliang(Lishi) | 螞蟻,螞蚍蜉 |
| Changzhi | 螞蟻 |
| Taibus(Baochang) | 螞蟻 |
| Linhe | 螞蟻,螞蟻兒 |
| Jining | 螞蟻 |
| Hohhot | 螞蟻,螞蚍蜉兒,螞蟻官兒 |
| Baotou | 螞蟻 |
| Dongsheng | 螞蟻 |
| Haibowan | 螞蟻 |
| Erenhot | 螞蟻 |
| Pingshan | 蚍蜉 |
| Zhangjiakou | 螞蟻 |
| Handan | 螞蟻 |
| Linzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Suide | 螞蟻兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟻稚仔 |
|---|
| Songxi | 蟻蠍嫲 |
| Zhenghe | 真蟻仔 |
| Zhenghe(Zhenqian) | 宗蟻仔 |
| Jianyang | 蟻仔 |
| Wuyishan | 蟻仔 |
| Pucheng(Shibei) | 蟻仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 紅蟻 |
|---|
| Fuzhou(Changle) | 黃蟻 |
| Fuqing | 黃蟻,紅蟻 |
| Yongtai | 黃蟻 |
| Gutian | 蟻 |
| Fu'an | 蟻 |
| Ningde | 黃蟻 |
| Shouning | 蟻 |
| Zhouning | 蟻 |
| Fuding | 蟻 |
| Matsu | 黃蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狗蟻 |
|---|
| Xiamen(Tong'an) | 狗蟻 |
| Quanzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Yongchun | 蟻 |
| Dehua | 草蟻 |
| Zhangzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Zhangzhou(Longhai) | 狗蟻 |
| Zhangzhou(Changtai) | 狗蟻仔 |
| Hua'an | 狗蟻 |
| Nanjing | 狗蟻 |
| Pinghe | 狗蟻 |
| Zhangpu | 狗蟻 |
| Zhao'an | 狗蟻 |
| Dongshan | 狗蟻 |
| Taipei | 狗蟻 |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 狗蟻 |
| Kaohsiung | 狗蟻 |
| Yilan | 狗蟻 |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 狗蟻 |
| Taichung | 狗蟻 |
| Taichung(Wuqi) | 狗蟻 |
| Tainan | 狗蟻 |
| Taitung | 狗蟻 |
| Hsinchu | 狗蟻 |
| Kinmen | 狗蟻 |
| Penghu(Magong) | 狗蟻 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 蟻 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 狗蟻,蟻 |
| Medan(Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Longyan | 蟻翁 |
| Zhangping | 蟻 |
| Zhangping(Yongfu) | 蟻 |
| Datian | 蟻 |
| Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Shantou | 蟻 |
| Shantou(Chenghai) | 蟻 |
| Jieyang | 蟻,狗蟻 |
| Haifeng | 狗蟻 |
| Bangkok(Teochew) | 溝蟻 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Pontianak(Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Leizhou | 蟻 |
| Wenchang | 蟻 |
| Haikou | 蟻 |
| Singapore(Hainanese) | 蟻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蟻婆 |
|---|
| Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蟻婆 |
| Xianyou | 蟻,蟻婆,蟻公 |
| Xianyou(Fengting) | 蟻,蟻婆 |
| Xianyou(Youyang) | 蟻,蟻婆 |
| Fuding(Aoyao) | 蟻 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟻 |
|---|
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 蟻 |
|---|
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Shehua | Fu'an | 黃蟻 |
|---|
| Fuding | 黃蟻 |
| Luoyuan | 黃蟻 |
| Sanming | 蟻 |
| Shunchang | 蟻 |
| Hua'an | 蟻 |
| Guixi(Zhangping) | 蟻 |
| Cangnan | 黃蟻 |
| Jingning(Hexi) | 蟻 |
| Lishui | 蟻 |
| Longyou | 蟻 |
| Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Fengshun | 蟻仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螞蟻 |
|---|
| Shanghai(Songjiang) | 螞蟻 |
| Shanghai(Jiading) | 螞蟻 |
| Shanghai(Chongming) | 螞蟻 |
| Suzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Wuxi | 螞蟻 |
| Danyang | 螞蟻 |
| Hangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Ningbo | 螞粉,螞轟,螞蟻 |
| Wenzhou | 火蟻 |
| Jinhua | 戽我,螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螞蟻子,螞蟻 |
|---|
| Loudi | 螞蟻子,螞蟻 |
| Shuangfeng | 螞蟻子 |
| Hengyang | 螞蟻子 |
- “蟻”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会[Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蚁”, in莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page294.
- 李如龙[Li, Ru-long];刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu];吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying];黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “蚁”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page160.
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
- ant
Unknown. FromOld Japanese, although it only appears as a訓仮名(kungana) reading, not being otherwise attested in prose.
蟻or蟻• (ari)
- ant
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is oftenspelled inkatakana, especially inbiological contexts (where katakana is customary), asアリ(ari).
- 蟻の這い出る隙間もない(ari no haideru sukima mo nai): “not even a crack wide enough for an ant to crawl through” → without a gap, close, tight
- 蟻の熊野参り(ari no Kumano-mairi),蟻の伊勢参り(ari no Ise-mairi),蟻の百度参り(ari no hyakudo-mairi),蟻の堂参り(ari no dō-mairi),蟻の物参り(ari no mono-mairi): “an ants' pilgrimage to Kumano / Ise / the hundred shrines and temples / the temples / the holy sites” → a metaphor likening ants in single file to a procession of pilgrims; alternately, a metaphor for a large group of people moving in single file
- 蟻の一穴(ari no ikketsu): “a single ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; comparea stitch in time saves nine
- 蟻の穴から堤も崩れる(ari no ana kara tsutsumi mo kuzureru),蟻の穴より堤の崩れ(ari no ana yori tsutsumi no kuzure): “even a dike can fall apart due to an ant-hole” → a metaphor for the way a tiny thing can cause grave consequences; comparea stitch in time saves nine
- 蟻の甘きにつく如し(ari no amaki ni tsuku gotoshi): “just like ants drawn to a sweet” → a metaphor for the way that people are drawn to profitable things; comparelike a moth to a flame, of nearly opposite meaning
- 蟻の思いも天に届く(ari no omoi mo ten ni todoku),蟻の思いも天に昇る(ari no omoi mo ten ni noboru): “even an ant's thoughts can reach / rise to the heavens” → no matter howhumble orlowly, if one tries hard enough, one's wishes can still be heard by the gods in heaven; comparewhere there's a will, there's a way
- 蟻の塔を組む如し(ari no tō o kumu gotoshi): “just like building an ant tower [anthill]” → even great deeds can be accomplished through patient work; comparea journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
FromMiddle Chinese蟻 (MC ngjeX). Compare modernCantonese readingngai5.
蟻• (gi)
- ant
- This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as thekun'yomi ofari.
Compound of蟻(ari,“ant”) +の(no,possessive particle) +子(ko,“child; small thing”).
蟻• (arinoko)
- (obsolete) anant, particularly one withoutwings
蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古- Ant. The Japanese reading above iska; the other reading in Chinese isgi; the Japanese reading for these characters isari-no-ko.
[2]
- (obsolete) an antegg orlarva
- The spelling of蟻 forari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as蟻の子.
- ^Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006),大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
- ^Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor,Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published1978,→ISBN.
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (ānī)
- ant
FromMiddle Chinese蟻 (MC ngjeX).
| Historical readings |
|---|
| Dongguk Jeongun reading |
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅌᅴᆼ〯 (Yale:ngǔy) |
| Middle Korean |
| Text | Eumhun |
| Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[4] | 가야미〮 (Yale:kàyàmí) | 의〯 (Yale:ǔy) |
蟻 (eumhun개미의(gaemi ui))
- hanja form? of의(“ant”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전/電子字典.[5]
Northern Amami Ōshima
[edit]
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (ami)
- ant
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (ai)
- ant
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (ani)
- ant
Southern Amami Ōshima
[edit]
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (ami)
- ant
蟻:Hán Nôm readings:nghĩ,nghị
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
蟻
(Hyōgai kanji)
Cognate withJapanese蟻(ari,“ant”).
蟻 (aya)
- ant