螟 — Chinese character
螟
míng
caterpillar, larva
- Pinyin
- míng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 虫 冥
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 冥
- Japanese
- 螟 as a kanji
Common words with 螟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螟蛉 | míng líng | green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offsprin |
| 螟虫 (螟蟲) | míng chóng | boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest |
| 螟蛉子 | míng líng zǐ | adopted son |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.