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Kanji Detail for 螟 - "stem borer, green caterpillar"
螟
- Meaning
螟 means "stem borer, green caterpillar."
Stem borer - An insect that damages grain stalks.
Green caterpillar - A caterpillar.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
injurious parasite
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
snout moth's larva
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
caterpillar, larva
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An insect name. About an inch long. Yellowish-white in color. Lives inside rice stems or between leaf sheaths. Eats the pith. Causes rice to wither. | 螟蛉 (green caterpillar). Larvae of butterflies. Green in color. Often found on leaves of radish, turnip, rapeseed, etc. Eats leaves to grow, then transforms into butterfly. Commonly called 青蟲 (green worm). Potter wasps often take them to feed their young. Mao and Zheng scholars believed potter wasps take mulberry worms to raise as their own young. Later people followed this. Therefore calling adopted children 螟蛉. Actually mistaken.
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