míng

kind of caterpillar

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

冥 sound component

  Sound component

míng

  

dark

Evolution

螟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
螟 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
螟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

míng

kind of caterpillar, larva; boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

Most common words with 螟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

boring insect

螟虫

boring insect

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5188th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+879F

Shuowen

“螟,蟲食穀葉者。吏冥冥犯法即生螟。从虫,从冥。冥亦聲。”


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