蟻

Stroke order

蟻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿土戈 (LITGI), four-corner 5815₃, 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋralʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/p/s-rwak.

蟻

1. ant (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

   • 人如極細極細的蟻　從來難敵時代的洗禮 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     人如极细极细的蚁　从来难敌时代的洗礼 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong], 邊一個發明了ENCORE

     jan⁴ jyu⁴ gik⁶ sai³ gik⁶ sai³ dik¹ ngai⁵, cung⁴ loi⁴ naan⁴ dik⁶ si⁴ doi⁶ dik¹ sai² lai⁵ [Jyutping]

     People are teeny-tiny ants; they can hardly ever go against the test of time

2. (literary) foam or sediment in wine; lees
3. (literary) humble; inconsiderable
4. (literary) black
5. (literary) in an assembled manner
6. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ant

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: あり (ari, 蟻)、ありのこ (arinoko, 蟻)

• 螘 (rare)

Unknown. From Old Japanese, but the ultimate derivation remains a mystery. There are potentially interesting similarities to Korean 아리 (ari, “leg”) and 아래 (arae, “below, beneath”), but evidence is lacking.

• (Tokyo) あり [àrí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲi]

蟻(あり) or 蟻(アリ) • (ari) 

1. ant

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アリ.

From Middle Chinese 蟻 (MC ngjeX). Compare modern Cantonese reading ngai⁵.

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

蟻(ぎ) • (gi) 

1. ant

• This reading is only found in compounds. When the character is used on its own, it is always read as the kun'yomi of ari.

Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲino̞ko̞]

蟻(ありのこ) • (arinoko) 

1. (obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:

     蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古

     Ant. The Japanese reading above is ka; the other reading in Chinese is gi; the Japanese reading for these characters is ari-no-ko.

     ^[2]

2. (obsolete) an ant egg or larva

• The spelling of 蟻 for ari no ko is generally only seen in old texts. In modern Japanese, this term is much more commonly spelled as 蟻の子.

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あーにー (ānī, 蟻)、あに (ani, 蟻)、あい (ai, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

• IPA^(key): /(ˀ)aːnʲiː/

蟻(あーにー) (ānī) 

1. ant

From Middle Chinese 蟻 (MC ngjeX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [의]

 

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

蟻

Wikisource

蟻 (eumhun 개미 의 (gaemi ui))

1. hanja form^? of 의 (“ant”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あみ (ami, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

蟻(あみ) (ami) 

1. ant

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あい (ai, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔai/

蟻(あい) (ai) 

1. ant

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あに (ani, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˀani/

蟻(あに) (ani) 

1. ant

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あみ (ami, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

蟻(あみ) (ami) 

1. ant

蟻: Hán Nôm readings: nghĩ, nghị

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(Hyōgai kanji)

• Kun: あや (aya, 蟻)

Cognate with Japanese 蟻 (ari, “ant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˀaja/

蟻(あや) (aya) 

1. ant