Character: 虻
Modern (Beijing) reading: méng
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)rāŋ
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)rāŋ
Western Han Chinese: m(h)rāŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)rēŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ẹ̄ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ẹ̄ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ẹ̄ŋ
Middle Chinese: mạ̈iŋ
English meaning : name of a plant (Fritillaria)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) овод, слепень; 2) бот. листоягодник (Uvularia)
Comments: The character may be also written with 亡 in the upper part and 虫 (or two 虫's) below; its original meaning (attested, however, only since Late Zhou) is 'horsefly, gadfly'.
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 8707
Karlgren code: 0742 t
Shijing occurrences: 54.3_
